- Aqua Appia
The Aqua Appia was the first Roman aqueduct. It was constructed in
312 BC byAppius Claudius Caecus , the same Roman censor who also built the importantVia Appia . Its source, whichFrontinus identifies as being about 780 paces away fromvia Praenestina , was allegedly established byCaius Plautius Venox .The Aqua Appia flowed for 16.4 km into the city of
Rome through thePorta Maggiore , and emptied into theForum Boarium , near thePorta Trigemina . Nearly all of its length was underground, which was necessary because of the relative heights of its source and destination, and afforded it protection from attackers during theSamnite Wars that were underway during its construction. It dropped only 10 m over its entire length, making it a remarkable engineering achievement for its day.Frontinus calculates that the aqueduct was capable of delivering 73,000 cubic meters of water a day into Rome.
External links
* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Aqua_Virgo.html Aqua Appia entry on the Lacus Curtius website]
* [http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/rome/ Information on Roman aqueducts]
* [http://www.maquettes-historiques.net/P9a.html Photographs of models showing the layout of Aqua Appia and Aqua Marcia in the city of Rome]
* [http://www.archeoroma.com/gli_acquedotti.htm Map of Roman aqueducts]
* [http://www.cs.uu.nl/~wilke/aquasite/romappia/ From a list of 25 aqueducts described in detail]
*http://academic.bowdoin.edu/classics/research/moyer/html/appia.shtmlthe aqua appia was in greece.
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