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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
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

Notes

  1. ^ Almuñécar consists of 5 above ground aqueducts – 4 still in use

References

  1. ^ "Website on Roman aqueducts". www.romanaqueducts.info. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ^ Farkas, Maria. "Home". www.romaq.org. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Quilici, L; Quilici Gigli, S (22 December 2017). "Aqua Anio Vetus". pleiades.stoa.org.
  5. ^ a b "Aqua Tepula". archive1.village.virginia.edu.
  6. ^ a b "Arcos do Jardim são também conhecidos como Aqueduto de São Sebastião". www.portugalnotavel.com. 28 December 2013.

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External links

source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aqueducts_in_the_Roman_Empire