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What were roman aqueducts called?

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Updated: 8/21/2019
  • 312 BC Aqua Appia, Rome's first aqueduct is built by Appius Claudius Caecus, the aqueduct is nearly all underground.
  • 272 BC Aqua Anio Vetus
  • 144 BC Aqua Marcia, 90 km (56 miles) in length, construction starts.
  • 33 BC Aqua Julia is built by Octavian (Emperor Augustus)
  • 19 BC Aqua Virgo is built to supply the thermal baths in the Campus Martius.
  • 38-52 AD Aqua Claudia built
  • 109 AD Aqua Traiana brings water from Lake Bracciano to supply Rome's suburbs, now called Trastevere
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