Roman Acqueducts
This website on Roman aqueducts aims to show what marvellous work has been done by engineers and architects of the Roman empire.
Water is a commodity that all humanity needs, and we dedicate this website to the builders of the Roman aqueducts and to all people who now live in the same lands, and who need the water just as much as our ancestors 2000 years ago.
We hope that this website will show what unites us in this beautiful part of the world around 'our sea', MARE NOSTRUM.
New in May, 2018:
- Oudeschild, NL - Wezenputten (17/18th c)
- Gortyn(a), Crete, Greece (Update)
- Roman Samos, Samos, Greece (Update)
- Qanats, the mother of all aqueducts? (article)
- See also Aqueduct News
AQUEDUCT NEWS
INTRODUCTIONS:
Historical introduction
Technical introduction
Aqueduct dictionary (Introduction by subject)
FAQ: Questions and Answers
AQUEDUCTS in details:
Information on 100 selected Roman aqueducts
LITERATURE:
Literature on 600 aqueducts
STATISTICS:
Ancient Aqueduct Statistics
PUBLICATIONS:
Some selected papers
WEBSITES:
The best external websites
NUMISMATOLOGY:
Aqueducts on Roman coins
MISCELLANEOUS:
Basins / castella - drawings
Siphons in Greek and Roman aqueducts
16 Intriguing Questions (Highschool level)
Pont du Gard in 3D photography
Qanat literature
Bibliographies on bibliographies
Under construction
IN DUTCH:
- Aquaducten van Nijmegen tot Rome
- Romeinen in Nederland
- Suggesties voor een Romereis
- Romeinse geodetische instrumenten
In preparation:
- Some minor aqueducts in southern France