List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire
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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]
Aqueducts in the Roman Empire
Name | Location | Image | Coordinates | Length x Height | Construction Started | Service Started | Demolition or Decommission | Influencer |
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Saldae Aqueduct | Toudja, Algeria | 36°45′N 4°54′E / 36.750°N 4.900°E / 36.750; 4.900 | ||||||
Plovdiv | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 42°7′50″N 24°43′25″E / 42.13056°N 24.72361°E / 42.13056; 24.72361 | 30 km x | |||||
Plavno Polje[3] | Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia | 32.6 km x 0.296 m | AD 1 | |||||
Aqueduct of Diocletian | Solin, Croatia | 43°31′27″N 16°29′22″E / 43.52417°N 16.48944°E / 43.52417; 16.48944 | 9 km x 16.5 m | 3rd century AD | 1932 | |||
Kamares Aqueduct | Larnaca, Cyprus | 34°54′44″N 33°35′55″E / 34.912131°N 33.598729°E / 34.912131; 33.598729 | 1747 | |||||
Nicosia aqueduct | Nicosia, Cyprus | 35°10′19″N 33°22′11″E / 35.17194°N 33.36972°E / 35.17194; 33.36972 | 18th century | |||||
Clausonnes | Antibes, France | |||||||
Barbegal aqueduct | Arles, France | 43°42′09″N 4°43′17″E / 43.70250°N 4.72139°E / 43.70250; 4.72139 | ||||||
Aqueduct of the Gier | Lyon, France | 45°43′17″N 4°45′37″E / 45.72139°N 4.76028°E / 45.72139; 4.76028 | 85 km | 1st century AD | ||||
Aqueduct of Luynes | Luynes, France | 47°23′50″N 0°34′06″E / 47.39724°N 0.56836°E / 47.39724; 0.56836 | 1,825 m | 12th or 13th century | ||||
Pont du Gard | Nîmes, France | 43°56′50″N 04°32′08″E / 43.94722°N 4.53556°E / 43.94722; 4.53556 | 275 m x 48.8 m | 1st century AD | AD 60 | 6th century | ||
Fréjus | France | 40 km | AD 50 | |||||
Aqueduct from Gorze to Metz | Metz, France | |||||||
Eifel Aqueduct | Germany | 50°30′46″N 6°36′39″E / 50.5127°N 6.6108°E / 50.5127; 6.6108 | 130 km x 1 m | AD 80 | 260 | |||
Sumelocenna | Rottenburg, Germany | 48°27′49″N 8°51′44″E / 48.46362°N 8.86234°E / 48.46362; 8.86234 | ca. AD 100 | |||||
Hadrian | Argos, Greece | |||||||
Peisistratid | Athens, Greece | |||||||
Long Walls | Athens, Greece | |||||||
Late Roman | Athens, Greece | |||||||
Corinth | Corinthia, Greece | |||||||
Chalcis | Chalcis, Greece | |||||||
Aqueduct of Kavala | Kavala, Greece | 40°56′13″N 24°24′56″E / 40.9369°N 24.4155°E / 40.9369; 24.4155 | 16th century | |||||
Mytilene | Lesbos, Greece | |||||||
Nicopolis | Epirus, Greece | |||||||
Patras | Greece | |||||||
Aqua Anio Vetus[4] | Pleiades, Italy | 330 BC | AD 640 | |||||
Aqua Augusta | Naples, Italy | 140 km | between 30 and 20 BC | |||||
Aqua Marcia | Rome, Italy | 41°52′16″N 12°32′20″E / 41.8711°N 12.5389°E / 41.8711; 12.5389 | between 144–140 BC | 144 BC | 140 BC | |||
Aqua Tepula[5] | Rome, Italy | 41°53′20″N 12°27′11″E / 41.888976°N 12.453132°E / 41.888976; 12.453132 | 126 BC | 127 BC | Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla | |||
Aqua Anio Novus | horti Epaphroditiani, Italy[5] | 41°53′29″N 12°30′55″E / 41.89139°N 12.51528°E / 41.89139; 12.51528 | 38 AD | |||||
Aqua Alexandrina | Rome, Italy | 41°52′42″N 12°34′24″E / 41.87833°N 12.57333°E / 41.87833; 12.57333 | 22.4 km | AD 226 | AD 226 | |||
Aqua Alsietina | Rome, Italy | 41°53′12″N 12°28′10″E / 41.88667°N 12.46944°E / 41.88667; 12.46944 | 32.8 km | 2 BC | ||||
Aqua Appia | Rome, Italy | 41°53′22″N 12°30′40″E / 41.88944°N 12.51111°E / 41.88944; 12.51111 | 312 BC | 312 BC | ||||
Aqua Claudia – Pictured are the remains of aqueducts Aqua Claudia and Aqua Anio Novus at Porta Maggiore in Rome, integrated into the Aurelian Wall as a gate in AD 271 | Rome, Italy | |||||||
Aqua Virgo | Rome, Italy | |||||||
Minturno | Italy | |||||||
Ponte delle Torri | Italy, Spoleto | |||||||
Aqua Crabra | Italy, Tusculum | |||||||
Pont d'Aël | Italy, Aosta Valley | |||||||
Termini Imerese | Italy, Sicily | |||||||
Aqueduct of Triglio | Italy, Apulia | 69
40°34′50.82″N 17°12′9.63″E / 40.5807833°N 17.2026750°E / 40.5807833; 17.2026750 |
123 BC | |||||
Gadara Aqueduct | Jordan, Gadara | 32°40′51″N 35°52′09″E / 32.6808°N 35.8691°E / 32.6808; 35.8691 | ||||||
Aqueduct of Zubaida | Lebanon, Beirut | |||||||
Aqueduct of Tyre | Lebanon, Tyre | |||||||
Aqueduct of Msaylha | Lebanon, Batroun | |||||||
Aqueduct of Nahr Ibrahim | Lebanon, Byblos | |||||||
Aqueduct of Volubilis | Morocco, Volubilis | |||||||
Skopje Aqueduct | North Macedonia | |||||||
Aqueduto de São Sebastião | Portugal, Coimbra | AD 1568 [6] | AD 1570 [6] | |||||
Acueducto de Sexi[a] | Spain, Almuñécar | |||||||
Albarracin-Gea-Cella | Spain | |||||||
Aqua Nova Domitiana Augusta | Spain | |||||||
Baelo Claudia's aqueduct | Spain, Bolonia | |||||||
Barcino | Spain | |||||||
Bejís | Spain | |||||||
Acueducto romano de Cádiz | Spain, Cádiz | |||||||
Caños de Carmona | Spain, Seville | |||||||
Cordoba (Aqua Fontis Aureae) | Spain | |||||||
Itálica | Spain | |||||||
Las Medulas | Spain | |||||||
Les Ferreres Aqueduct | Spain, Tarragona | |||||||
Los Bañales | Spain | |||||||
Acueducto de los Milagros | Spain, Mérida | |||||||
Lugo | Spain | |||||||
Noain | Spain, Pamplona, Navarra | |||||||
Onuba Aestuaria | Spain | |||||||
Peña Cortada | Spain | |||||||
Rabo de Buey-San Lázaro | Spain | |||||||
S'Argamassa's aqueduct | Spain | |||||||
Segobriga's Aqueduct | Spain, Saelices | |||||||
Aqueduct of Segovia | Spain, Segovia | ? x 28m | ||||||
Aqueduct of Toletum | Spain, Toledo | |||||||
Valdepuentes | Spain | |||||||
Aqueduct of Hama | Syria | |||||||
Aqueduct of Hadrian | Tunisia | |||||||
Zaghouan Aqueduct | Tunisia, Carthage | 132 km | ||||||
Valens Aqueduct | Turkey, Istanbul | |||||||
Aspendos | Turkey, Antalya Province | |||||||
Karapınar Aqueduct | Turkey, İzmir | |||||||
Kızılçullu Aqueduct | Turkey, İzmir | |||||||
Vezirsuyu Aqueduct | Turkey, İzmir | |||||||
Lamas Aqueduct | Turkey, Mersin Province | |||||||
Olba Aqueduct | Turkey, Mersin Province | |||||||
Laodicea on the Lycus | Turkey, Denizli Province | |||||||
Phaselis | Turkey, Antalya Province | |||||||
Dolaucothi Gold Mines | United Kingdom, Wales, Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire | |||||||
Durnovaria | United Kingdom, Dorchester, Dorset | |||||||
Longovicium | United Kingdom, Lanchester | |||||||
Aqueduct of Ptolmais Cyrenaica | Libya | 200 km | c AD 120 |
See also
- List of aqueducts
- Map of Roman Aqueduct in modern Turkey
Notes
- ^ Almuñécar consists of 5 above ground aqueducts – 4 still in use
References
- ^ "Website on Roman aqueducts". www.romanaqueducts.info. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ Farkas, Maria. "Home". www.romaq.org. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ SOCIETÀ FRIULANA DI ARCHEOLOGIA (PDF). ROMAN CERAMIC AND GLASS MANUFACTURES: PRODUCTION AND TRADE IN THE ADRIATIC REGION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLOQUIUM. paperzz.com. p. 264.
and the Plavno polje – Burnum aqueduct
- ^ Quilici, L; Quilici Gigli, S (22 December 2017). "Aqua Anio Vetus". pleiades.stoa.org.
- ^ a b "Aqua Tepula". archive1.village.virginia.edu.
- ^ a b "Arcos do Jardim são também conhecidos como Aqueduto de São Sebastião". www.portugalnotavel.com. 28 December 2013.
Further reading
- Aicher, P.J. (1995). Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86516-271-6. 183 pages.
External links
- List of Roman aqueducts
- The atlas project of roman aqueducts