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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 October 2024. Type of aqueduct built in ancient Rome See also: List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire The multiple arches of the Pont du Gard in Roman Gaul (modern-day southern France). The upper tier encloses an aqueduct that carried water to Nimes in Roman times; its lower tier was expanded in the ...
This is a list of aqueducts in the Roman Empire. For a more complete list of known and possible Roman aqueducts and Roman bridges see List of Roman bridges . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Name Built Water source Length Aqua Appia: 312 BCE springs 10 miles (16 km) to the east of Rome 10 miles (16 km); underground from its source for 7 miles (11 km), then on arches for 3 miles (4.8 km) to its terminus in the Forum Boarium in Campus Martius
Estimates of total water supplied in a day by all aqueducts vary from 520,000 m 3 (140,000,000 US gal) to 1,127,220 m 3 (297,780,000 US gal) [1]: 156-7 [2]: 347 , mostly sourced from the Aniene river and the Apennine Mountains [citation needed], serving a million citizens [citation needed].
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The arches of the bridge are the origin of its name, as well as that of the village itself. The Château des Arcs, built from 1548, encloses the remains of the aqueduct bridge. The bridge was about 300 m long, 18 m high and had a single level of arches. The Medici aqueduct bridge is very close to that of the ancient aqueduct.
The aqueduct was built between 144–140 BC [3]: 148 [2]: 67 . The still-functioning Acqua Felice from 1586 runs on long stretches along the route of the Aqua Marcia. Together with the Aqua Anio Vetus , Aqua Anio Novus and Aqua Claudia , it was an exceptional technical achievement and is regarded as one of the "four great aqueducts of Rome."
Aqua Anio Novus (Latin for "New Anio aqueduct") was an ancient Roman aqueduct supplying the city of Rome. Like the Aqua Claudia , it was begun by emperor Caligula in 38 AD [ 1 ] and completed in 52 AD by Claudius , who dedicated them both on August 1.