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  2. Roman aqueduct - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of aqueducts in the city of Rome - Wikipedia

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    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].

  5. Roman aqueducts unearthed in Italian hillside. Take a look ...

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    Researchers say they might be some of the longest aqueducts ever studied in the region. Roman aqueducts unearthed in Italian hillside. Take a look through the ancient tunnels

  6. List of Roman aqueducts by date - Wikipedia

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    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

  7. Aqua Claudia - Wikipedia

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    The aqueduct went through at least two major repairs. Tacitus suggests that the aqueduct was in use by AD 47. [7] An inscription from Vespasian suggests that Aqua Claudia was used for ten years, then failed and was out of use for nine years. [8] The first repair was done by Emperor Vespasian in 71 AD; it was repaired again in 81 AD by Emperor ...

  8. Caños de Carmona - Wikipedia

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    The Caños de Carmona (Pipes of Carmona, Spanish pronunciation: ['kaɲos de kaɾ'mona]) is a Roman aqueduct built during the first century BC to supply water from a spring in the ancient Roman city of Irippo –current Alcalá de Guadaíra– to the ancient Roman city of Hispalis –current Seville–, both in the ancient Roman province of ...

  9. Aqua Anio Novus - Wikipedia

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    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.