Aqua Tepula

• The Aqua Tepula was a Roman Aqueduct built in Rome in 125 BCE.

The 11 Aqueducts of Ancient Rome

• The four great Aqueducts of Rome are starred:
  1. Aqua Appia (312 BCE)
  2. Aqua Anio Vetus (272-269 BCE) *
  3. Aqua Marcia (144-140 BCE) *
  4. Aqua Tepula (125 BCE)
  5. Aqua Julia (33 BCE)
  6. Aqua Virgo (19 BCE)
  7. Aqua Alsientina (2 BCE)
  8. Aqua Claudia (38-52 CE) *
  9. Aqua Anio Novus (38-52 CE) *
  10. Aqua Traiana (109 CE)
  11. Aqua Alexandrina (226 CE)

Cloaca Maxima

• The Cloaca Maxima was the Sewer of Ancient Rome, through which all the used water from the aqueducts flowed into the River Tiber.

Sources

• Frontinus:
  • ‘De Aquaeductu’, ‘The Aqueducts of Ancient Rome’, (c.95-99 CE).
• Vitruvius:
  • De Architectura (c.15 BCE)  It includes a general section on Aqueducts.

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