List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire

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
Plovdiv Bulgaria, Plovdiv 42°7′50″N 24°43′25″E 30 km x
Plavno Polje[3] Croatia 32.6km x 0.296m AD 1
Diocletianus Aqueduct Croatia, Solin
Clausonnes France, Antibes
Barbegal aqueduct France, Arles
Aqueduct of the Gier France, Lyon
Aqueduct of Luynes France, Luynes
Pont du Gard France, Nîmes 50km AD 60
Fréjus France 40km AD 50
Aqueduct from Gorze to Metz France, Metz
Eifel aqueduct Germany 50.5127°N 6.6108°E / 50.5127; 6.6108 130km x 1 metre AD 80
Sumelocenna Rottenburg, Germany 48.46362°N 8.86234°E / 48.46362; 8.86234 ca. AD 100
Hadrian Greece, Argos
Peisistratid Greece, Athens
Long Walls Greece, Athens
Late Roman Greece, Athens
Corinth Greece, Corinthia
Kavala aqueduct Greece, Kavala
Mytilene Greece, Lesbos
Nicopolis Greece, Epirus
Patras Greece
Aqua Anio Vetus[4] Italy, Pleiades 330 BC AD 640
Aqua Augusta Italy, Naples 96km
Aqua Marcia – pictured is Aqua Marcia near Tivoli, Italy Italy, Rome 298,556′ 144 BC 140 BC
Aqua Tepula[5] Italy, Rome 126 BC 127 BC Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla
Aqua Anio Novus Italy, horti Epaphroditiani[5]
Aqua Alexandrina Italy, Rome AD 226
Aqua Alsietina Italy, Rome
Aqua Appia Italy, Rome 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 Italy, Rome
Aqua Virgo Italy, Rome
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 40°34′50.82″N 17°12′9.63″E 123 BC
Gadara Aqueduct Jordan, Gadara 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[lower-alpha 1] 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 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

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): 264. and the Plavno polje – Burnum aqueduct Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Quilici, L; Quilici Gigli, S. "Aqua Anio Vetus".
  5. "Aqua Tepula".
  6. http://www.portugalnotavel.com/arcos-do-jardim-coimbra/

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