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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. Aqueduct (water supply) - Wikipedia

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    Roman aqueducts were built in all parts of the Roman Empire, from Germany to Africa, and especially in the city of Rome, where they totalled over 415 kilometres (258 mi). The aqueducts supplied fresh water to public baths and for drinking water, in large cities across the empire, and set a standard of engineering that was not surpassed for more ...

  4. 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 ]

  5. Ancient Roman engineering - Wikipedia

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    Roman engineers used inverted siphons to move water across a valley if they judged it impractical to build a raised aqueduct. The Roman legions were largely responsible for building the aqueducts. Maintenance was often done by slaves. [2] The Romans were among the first civilizations to harness the power of water.

  6. Sanitation in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    The management and maintenance involved in keeping the aqueducts flowing is well described by Frontinus, a general appointed by the emperor Nerva as water commissioner toward the end of the first century AD. He described his work on the distribution system in De aquaeductu published at the end of the first century AD. When first appointed, he ...

  7. Aqua Augusta (Naples) - Wikipedia

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    Route and branches of the Serino Aqueduct End of the aqueduct at Cape Misenum. The Aqua Augusta, or Serino Aqueduct (Italian: Acquedotto romano del Serino), was one of the largest, most complex and costliest aqueduct systems in the Roman world; it supplied water to at least eight ancient cities in the Bay of Naples including Pompeii and Herculaneum. [1]

  8. 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

  9. List of aqueducts - Wikipedia

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    The unique Tokaanu Tailrace Bridge, a combined road and water bridge crosses a power canal of the Tongariro Power Scheme in the North Island of New Zealand. State Highway 41 travels along the top of this bridge, with the Tokaanu Stream, an important trout spawning stream, running under the road surface.