This is a list of aqueducts in the city of Rome listed in chronological order of their construction.
Name | Built | Water source | Length |
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Aqua Appia | 312 BCE | springs 10 miles (16 km) to the east of Rome | 10 miles (16 km); underground from its source for 7 miles (11 km), then on arches for 3 miles (4.8 km) to its terminus in the Forum Boarium in Campus Martius |
Aqua Anio Vetus | 272–269 BCE | Aniene river near Vicovaro, east of Rome | 40 miles (64 km); underground channel of stone from its source to its terminus on the Viminal Hill |
Aqua Marcia | 144–140 BCE | springs near Subiaco, east of Rome | 56 miles (90 km); underground for 50 miles (80 km) from its source, then on arches for 6 miles (9.7 km) to its terminus on the Capitoline Hill; later piped to the baths of Caracalla on the Caelian Hill, then to the Aventine Hill and the Quirinal Hill |
Aqua Tepula | 125 BCE | springs near Subiaco, east of Rome | 11 miles (18 km); underground for 5 miles (8.0 km) from its source, then on the same arches as those of the Aqua Marcia for 6 miles (9.7 km) to its terminus on the Aventine Hill |
Aqua Julia | 33 BCE | springs near Subiaco, east of Rome | 14 miles (23 km); underground for 7 miles (11 km) from its source, then on the same arches as those of the Aqua Marcia and Aqua Tepula to its terminus on the Aventine Hill |
Aqua Virgo | 19 BCE | springs near Via Collatina, east of Rome | 14 miles (23 km); underground for 7 miles (11 km) from its source, then on arches for 7 miles (11 km) to its terminus at the baths of Agrippa in Campus Martius |
Aqua Alsietina | 2 BCE | Lake Alsietina, now Lake Martignano, northwest of Rome | 14 miles (23 km); underground for 133⁄4 miles from its source, then on arches for 1/4-mile to its terminus at the Naumachia of Augustus in Transtiberim ( Trastevere) |
Aqua Claudia | AD 52 | springs in Subiaco, east of Rome | 43 miles (69 km); underground for 34 miles (55 km) from its source, then on arches for 9 miles (14 km) to its terminus on the Caelian Hill; later piped to the imperial palaces from the mid-first century on the Palatine Hill |
Aqua Anio Novus | AD 52 | Aniene river, east of Rome | 54 miles (87 km); underground for 46 miles (74 km) from its source, then on arches for 8 miles (13 km), entering Rome at Porta Maggiore, atop the channel of Aqua Claudia to its terminus on the Caelian Hill |
Aqua Traiana | AD 109 | springs to the north of Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome | 35 miles (56 km); underground for 29 miles (47 km) from its source, then on arches for 6 miles (9.7 km) to its terminus on the Janiculum Hill |
Aqua Alexandrina | AD 226 | the Pantano springs near Via Prenestina, east of Rome | 14 miles (23 km); underground for 4 miles (6.4 km) from its source, then on arches for 10 miles (16 km) to its terminus at the baths of Alexander Severus in Campus Martius |
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