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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 ...
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
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]
Pages in category "Roman aqueducts" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The total discharge of all aqueducts combine was 1,127,220 m 3 (297,780,000 US gal) a day [1]: 347 , mostly sourced from the Aniene river and the Apennine Mountains [citation needed], serving a million citizens [citation needed].
Pages in category "Ancient Roman aqueducts in Rome" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Other aqueducts of importance to Roman sanitation was the Aqua Marcia built between 144-140 BC, which provided large amounts of quality water to Rome. [7] One Aqueduct with some major importance to Rome was Traiana, which tapped from the clear springs of the northern and western slopes above lake Bracciano. [ 7 ]
The ancient Roman aqueduct of Paris (also known as the Aqueduct of Lutetia) supplied Roman Paris, then called Lutetia. It was a major engineering and architectural achievement, bringing water from the south, 26 km distant under gravity with a constant gradual slope.