List_of_Roman_cisterns

List of Roman cisterns

List of Roman cisterns

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The list of Roman cisterns offers an overview over Ancient Roman cisterns. Freshwater reservoirs were commonly set up at the termini of aqueducts and their branch lines, supplying urban households, agricultural estates, imperial palaces, thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy.[1]

The Basilica Cistern in Constantinople provided water for the Imperial Palace.

Cisterns

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Notes

  1. [A 1]
    Estimated values
  1. [B 1]
    Excavated parts

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Döring 2002, pp. 310–319
  2. [2]
    De Feo, Giovanni & De Gisi, Sabino & Malvano, Carmela & De Biase, O. (2010). The Greatest Water Reservoirs in the Ancient Roman World and the “Piscina Mirabilis” in Misenum. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply. vol. 10, issue 3, pp 350–358. Publication by IWA Publishing, 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Masada National Park". Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  4. [4]
    All data from: Döring 2002, pp. 310–319 (esp. 313)
  5. [5]
    Cucco, Mauro (10 January 2022). "Grotta della Dragonara". bacoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  6. [6]
    Adam 2004, pp. 250–51
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    Ferrari, Graziano. "The campanian aqueduct stairway rediscovered". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Sources

  • Adam, Jean-Pierre (2004), Roman Building. Materials and Techniques, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-20866-6
  • Döring, Mathias (2002), "Wasser für den 'Sinus Baianus': Römische Ingenieur- und Wasserbauten der Phlegraeischen Felder", Antike Welt, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 305–319

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