Roman Aqueducts

Irrigation canals, aqueducts, dams, bridges are not something new. From the ancient times people created all sorts of buildings in the water, over the water, and even under water. Particularly the noteworthy aspects of such water related construction is the aqueducts. It channels, pipes and conduits required in order to provide the city with water, even if the settlement is higher than the pond.

Aqueducts could be run under the ground as well as on its surface. In the latter case, overlap the aqueducts that brought water from the city of dirt and debris. Where were aqueducts in ditches and gullies, built arch spans the real wonders of architecture? These arches have a lot of layers, which not only looks beautiful, but also ensured the stability of the entire structure. Build aqueducts started back in the Far East. Construction of the water supplied the capital of Assyria Nineveh. In ancient Egypt, and Armenia also built aqueducts. But the longest was built in ancient Iran, its length more than 315 kilometers. Roman aqueducts, however, do not go to any comparison: they are not only the greatness of building, but also the magnitude. Some old buildings have survived to this day. The need for clean drinking water has forced the ancient Romans built aqueducts in IV century BC. The first aqueduct was built Akviya Apia reached a length of 16 kilometers. In ancient times, almost a third of the whole empire was supplied with clean water. Aqueducts were stretched almost across the country and the conquered lands (Carnegie Institution of Washington, pp. 34).

The aqueduct was built by the censor Appius Claudius the Blind (from which it borrows its name) and Gaius Plautius Venox in 312 BC and captured springs along a secondary road that strayed from the main via, between the seventh and eighth mile. Rome began his construction during the second Samnite War (327 - 304 BC) and in conjunction with the construction of the Via Appia, giving evidence of their strength and capacity planning. The ear was almost completely underground at a depth of about 15 m, and its overall length was just over 11 miles (11 190 steps), equal to 16.5 km, the daily capacity amounted to 841 quinary, amounting to just over 34,000 m 3. After the entry into Rome at Porta Maggiore (in the place called "Spem to veterem"), headed for the Celio and ' Aventino, and ended near the door Trigemina in Forum Boarium (Esther, pp. 55).

It was first restored in 144 BC, by the king fifth gear, then in conjunction with the construction of the aqueduct of ' aqua Marcia, in 33 BC, by Agrippa, and finally between ' 11 and 4 BC, by of Augustus, which enhances their capacity up to 1,825 quinary, amounting to 75,737 m 3 (876 liters per second), picking up new veins of water at the sixth mile of the main Via (Books, LLC, pp. 69).

The second aqueduct was built between 272 and 270 BC, with the spoils of victory against ...