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Acqua Claudia
Acqua Claudia is the name of a great Roman aqueduct begun in 38 AD under Caligula, and of a late-Republican residential complex with a mineral spring at Anguillara Sabazia.
Acqua Felice
The Acqua Felice is a papal aqueduct in Rome, built between 1585 and 1587 under Pope Sixtus V, taking its name from his secular name, Felice Peretti.
Acqua Paola
Acqua Paola is a Roman aqueduct restored under Pope Paul V in 1612, known for its monumental terminal fountain on the Janiculum Hill in Rome.
Administration of Rome's water supply
The administration of Rome's water supply was run by a senatorial curator aquarum, established in 11 BC, with a staff of about 700 slaves maintaining the aqueducts.
Aqua Alexandrina
The Aqua Alexandrina (Italian: Acquedotto Alessandrino) was the last of ancient Rome's great aqueducts, built in 226 AD by Emperor Alexander Severus to feed his baths.
Aqua Alsietina
The Aqua Alsietina, also called Aqua Augusta, was a Roman aqueduct built by Augustus in 2 BC to supply his Naumachia with unwholesome lake water.
Aqua Anio Novus
Aqua Anio Novus (Anio Novus) was one of the eleven aqueducts of ancient Rome, begun by Caligula in 38 CE and completed by Claudius in 52 CE.
Aqua Anio Vetus
Aqua Anio Vetus, the second aqueduct of ancient Rome, was begun in 272 BC to carry water from the river Anio into the city, running almost entirely underground.
Aqua Antoniniana
Aqua Antoniniana, Roman aqueduct branch of the Aqua Marcia built by Caracalla around 213 AD to supply the Baths of Caracalla, crossing the via Appia on the Arch of Drusus; its identification with the Aqua Alexandrina is debated.
Aqua Appia
The Aqua Appia was the first aqueduct of ancient Rome, built in 312 BC during the censorship of Appius Claudius Caecus, carrying spring water into the city almost entirely underground.
Aqua Augusta (Naples)
The Aqua Augusta, also called the Serino Aqueduct, was a Roman aqueduct built under Emperor Augustus to supply eight or nine towns around the Bay of Naples.
Aqua Claudia
The Aqua Claudia was an ancient Roman aqueduct begun by Caligula in 38 AD and completed by Claudius in 52 AD, carried on some of Rome's tallest arches.
Aqua Julia
The Aqua Julia (Aqua Iulia) was a Roman aqueduct completed by Agrippa in 33 BC, carrying water about 22 kilometers from the Alban Hills into Rome.
Aqua Marcia
The Aqua Marcia was an ancient Roman aqueduct built between 144 and 140 BC by Quintus Marcius Rex, the longest of Rome's aqueducts at about 91 km.
Aqua Tepula
Aqua Tepula was an ancient Roman aqueduct built in 125 BC, the sixth of Rome's aqueducts, carrying tepid spring water from the Alban Hills into the city.
Aqua Traiana
The Aqua Traiana was a Roman aqueduct inaugurated by Emperor Trajan in 109 AD, carrying spring water from Lake Bracciano to Rome's Transtiberim district and Janiculum Hill.
Aqua Virgo
The Aqua Virgo is a Roman aqueduct completed by Agrippa in 19 BC, the only one of Rome's aqueducts still supplying the city, feeding the Trevi Fountain.
Aqueduct east of Djebel Zid
Aqueduct east of Djebel Zid, Pleiades place 315606, a Roman aqueduct near Djebel Zid in northern Tunisia, eastern-most of three aqueducts tied to centuriation north of Segermes, dated 30 BC to AD 640.
Aqueduct of Kavala
The Aqueduct of Kavala, known in Greek as the Kamares, is a two-tiered stone aqueduct about 270 m long at Kavala, Greece, rebuilt by the Ottomans in 1520–1530.
Aqueduct of Segovia
The Aqueduct of Segovia (Acueducto de Segovia) is a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain, built under Trajan or Hadrian to carry water from the Frío River.
Aqueduct of Vanvitelli
The Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, also called the Carolino Aqueduct, is an 18th-century aqueduct in Campania, Italy, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli to supply the Royal Palace of Caserta.
Aqueduct south of Djebel Zid
Aqueduct south of Djebel Zid: a Roman aqueduct in northern Tunisia recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer, connected to centuriation north of Segermes, cited to Barrington Atlas 33, near Djebel Sidi Zid (554 m).
Aqueduct supplying Tubusuctu from the northwest
The aqueduct supplying Tubusuctu from the northwest was a Roman water channel, 8 to 12 km long, carrying spring water from Kabylie to the colony of Tubusuctu, Algeria.
Aqueducts of ancient Rome
The aqueducts of ancient Rome were a system of eleven gravity-fed conduits, built between 312 BC and AD 226, supplying the city's fountains, baths, and private consumers.
Aqueducts supplying Kourion
Aqueducts supplying Kourion: two Roman conduits, western from Sotira (11 km, 1st century AD) and eastern from Souni (20-22 km, 2nd century), gravity-fed terracotta-pipe lines serving the Cypriot city, its baths, and the Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates.
Caldaccoli aqueduct
Caldaccoli aqueduct (Acquedotto romano di Caldaccoli), a 1st-century AD Roman aqueduct near Pisa, Italy, carrying water from the Pisan Mountains to the baths of Pisa; eight arches survive at San Giuliano Terme, name from Latin calidae aquae.
Castellum aquae
Castellum aquae (castellum divisorium): Roman terminal distribution basin of an aqueduct, regulating and dividing water into city pipes; best-preserved examples at Nîmes and Pompeii, with others at Ostia, Tharros, and Rome.
De aquaeductu
De aquaeductu, also known as De aquis urbis Romae, is an administrative report by Sextus Julius Frontinus, written around 97 CE as Rome's water official under Nerva, covering the nine aqueducts serving the city.
Eifel Aqueduct
The Eifel Aqueduct (Eifelwasserleitung) was a 95-kilometer Roman aqueduct, built around AD 80, that carried spring water from the Eifel hills to the Roman city of Cologne.
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice
The Fontana dell'Acqua Felice, also called the Fountain of Moses, is a monumental fountain in Rome built in 1587 as the terminal of the Acqua Felice aqueduct.