List of Roman aqueducts by date

For an overview of ancient aqueducts in Rome, see List of aqueducts in the city of Rome. For an overview of ancient Roman aqueducts in the empire, see List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire.

This is a list of aqueducts in the city of Rome listed in chronological order of their construction.

Ancient Rome

Name	Built	Water source	Length
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

Modern Rome

• Acqua Vergine Antica
  • built in 1453
  • source: springs in Salone, east of Rome
  • length: 8 miles (13 km); underground from its source to its terminus at the fountain of Trevi on the Quirinal Hill
• Acqua Felice
  • built in 1586
  • source: springs at Pantano Borghese, off Via Casilina
  • length: 15 miles (24 km); underground for 8 miles (13 km) from its source, in the channel of Aqua Alexandrina, then alternating on the arches of the Aqua Claudia and the Aqua Marcia for 7 miles (11 km) to its terminus at the fountain of Moses on the Quirinal Hill
• Acqua Paola
  • built in 1611
  • source: Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome
  • length: 20 miles (32 km); underground for 12 miles (19 km) from its source, in the channel of Aqua Trajana, then on arches for 8 miles (13 km) to its terminus at the fountain of Paul V on the Janiculum Hill,
  • later piped to Vatican Hill
• Acqua Pia Antica Marcia
  • built in 1870
  • source: springs near Subiaco, east of Rome
  • length: 56 miles (90 km); underground for 50 miles (80 km) in the channel of Aqua Marcia, then on arches for 6 miles (9.7 km) to its terminus at the Fountain of the Naiads on the Viminal Hill
• Acqua Vergine Nuova
  • built in 1937
  • source: springs in Salone, east of Rome
  • length: 8 miles (13 km); underground from its source to its terminus at the fountains in Piazza del Popolo and the fountains on the western slope of the Pincio, overlooking Piazza del Popolo
• Acqua Peschiera
  • built in 1949
  • source: springs in Sorgenti, northeast of Rome
  • length: 60 miles (97 km); underground from its source, splitting into two branches:
    • Peschiera Sinistra, approaching Rome from the east
    • Peschiera Destra, taking a westward route, crossing the Tiber River at Poggio Mireto Scalo, about 30 miles north of Rome to its terminus at the fountain of Piazzale degli Eroi (Italian: Heroes' Square), just north of Vatican Hill
• Acqua Appio-Allesandrino
  • built in 1965
  • source: catchment basins along the volcano Angela at Pantano Borghese, Finocchi, Torre Angela

See also

• Roman aqueduct
• List of aqueducts
• Parco degli Acquedotti
• Ancient Roman technology
• Roman engineering
• Frontinus

Sources

• H.V. Morton (1966). The Waters of Rome. London: The Connoisseur and Michael Joseph.
• Rinne, Dr. Katherine Wentworth. "Aquae Urbis Romae: The Waters of the City of Rome". iath.virginia.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-04-23.

External links

• Famous Squares and Fountains of Rome
• Models of Various Aqueducts of Ancient Rome
• Routes of Various Aqueducts of Ancient Rome
• The Fountains of Rome (by Region)