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Most of our information about Roman aqueducts come from statistics compiled in the late 1st century AD by Sextus Julius Frontinus, the Curator Aquarum [1]: 152 . These estimates may not have considered water loss.
Aqua Fontis Aureae (aqueduct of Cordoba) Spain Aqua Nova Domitiana Augusta (aqueduct of Cordoba) Spain Aqueduct of Valdepuentes (Cordoba) Spain Baelo Claudia's aqueduct: Spain, Bolonia: Barcino: Spain Bejís: Spain Roman aqueduct of Cádiz Spain, Cádiz: Caños de Carmona: Spain, Seville: Itálica: Spain Las Medulas: Spain Les Ferreres Aqueduct
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. 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 ...
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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 ...
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 and completed in 52 AD by Claudius [ 1 ] : 11 [ 2 ] : 271 [ 3 ] : §21 , who dedicated them both on August 1 [ 1 ] : 11 .
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 ...
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