List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire

This is a list of aqueducts in the Roman Empire. For a more complete list of known and possible Roman aqueducts and Roman bridges see List of Roman bridges.[1][2]

Aqueducts in the Roman Empire

NameLocationImageCoordinatesLength x HeightConstruction StartedService StartedDemolition or DecommissionInfluencer
Saldae AqueductToudja, Algeria 36°45′N 4°54′E / 36.750°N 4.900°E / 36.750; 4.900
PlovdivPlovdiv, Bulgaria 42°7′50″N 24°43′25″E / 42.13056°N 24.72361°E / 42.13056; 24.7236130 km x
Plavno Polje[3]Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia32.6 km x 0.296 mAD 1
Aqueduct of DiocletianSolin, Croatia 43°31′27″N 16°29′22″E / 43.52417°N 16.48944°E / 43.52417; 16.489449 km x 16.5 m3rd century AD1932
Kamares AqueductLarnaca, Cyprus 34°54′44″N 33°35′55″E / 34.912131°N 33.598729°E / 34.912131; 33.5987291747
Nicosia aqueductNicosia, Cyprus 35°10′19″N 33°22′11″E / 35.17194°N 33.36972°E / 35.17194; 33.3697218th century
ClausonnesAntibes, France
Barbegal aqueductArles, France 43°42′09″N 4°43′17″E / 43.70250°N 4.72139°E / 43.70250; 4.72139
Aqueduct of the GierLyon, France 45°43′17″N 4°45′37″E / 45.72139°N 4.76028°E / 45.72139; 4.7602885 km1st century AD
Aqueduct of LuynesLuynes, France 47°23′50″N 0°34′06″E / 47.39724°N 0.56836°E / 47.39724; 0.568361,825 m12th or 13th century
Pont du GardNîmes, France 43°56′50″N 04°32′08″E / 43.94722°N 4.53556°E / 43.94722; 4.53556275 m x 48.8 m1st century ADAD 606th century
FréjusFrance 40 kmAD 50
Aqueduct from Gorze to MetzMetz, France
Eifel AqueductGermany 50°30′46″N 6°36′39″E / 50.5127°N 6.6108°E / 50.5127; 6.6108130 km x 1 mAD 80260
SumelocennaRottenburg, Germany 48°27′49″N 8°51′44″E / 48.46362°N 8.86234°E / 48.46362; 8.86234ca. AD 100
HadrianArgos, Greece
PeisistratidAthens, Greece
Long WallsAthens, Greece
Late RomanAthens, Greece
CorinthCorinthia, Greece
ChalcisChalcis, Greece
Aqueduct of KavalaKavala, Greece 40°56′13″N 24°24′56″E / 40.9369°N 24.4155°E / 40.9369; 24.415516th century
MytileneLesbos, Greece
NicopolisEpirus, Greece
PatrasGreece
Aqua Anio Vetus[4]Pleiades, Italy 330 BCAD 640
Aqua AugustaNaples, Italy140 kmbetween 30 and 20 BC
Aqua MarciaRome, Italy 41°52′16″N 12°32′20″E / 41.8711°N 12.5389°E / 41.8711; 12.5389between 144–140 BC144 BC140 BC
Aqua Tepula[5]Rome, Italy41°53′20″N 12°27′11″E / 41.888976°N 12.453132°E / 41.888976; 12.453132126 BC127 BCLucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla
Aqua Anio Novushorti Epaphroditiani, Italy[5]41°53′29″N 12°30′55″E / 41.89139°N 12.51528°E / 41.89139; 12.5152838 AD
Aqua AlexandrinaRome, Italy 41°52′42″N 12°34′24″E / 41.87833°N 12.57333°E / 41.87833; 12.5733322.4 kmAD 226AD 226
Aqua AlsietinaRome, Italy41°53′12″N 12°28′10″E / 41.88667°N 12.46944°E / 41.88667; 12.4694432.8 km2 BC
Aqua AppiaRome, Italy41°53′22″N 12°30′40″E / 41.88944°N 12.51111°E / 41.88944; 12.51111312 BC312 BC
Aqua Claudia – Pictured are the remains of aqueducts Aqua Claudia and Aqua Anio Novus at Porta Maggiore in Rome, integrated into the Aurelian Wall as a gate in AD 271Rome, Italy
Aqua VirgoRome, Italy
MinturnoItaly
Ponte delle TorriItaly, Spoleto
Aqua CrabraItaly, Tusculum
Pont d'AëlItaly, Aosta Valley
Termini ImereseItaly, Sicily
Aqueduct of TriglioItaly, Apulia69

40°34′50.82″N 17°12′9.63″E / 40.5807833°N 17.2026750°E / 40.5807833; 17.2026750

123 BC
Gadara AqueductJordan, Gadara32°40′51″N 35°52′09″E / 32.6808°N 35.8691°E / 32.6808; 35.8691
Aqueduct of ZubaidaLebanon, Beirut
Aqueduct of TyreLebanon, Tyre
Aqueduct of MsaylhaLebanon, Batroun
Aqueduct of Nahr IbrahimLebanon, Byblos
Aqueduct of VolubilisMorocco, Volubilis
Skopje AqueductNorth Macedonia
Aqueduto de São SebastiãoPortugal, CoimbraAD 1568 [6]AD 1570 [6]
Acueducto de Sexi[a]Spain, Almuñécar
Albarracin-Gea-CellaSpain
Aqua Nova Domitiana AugustaSpain
Baelo Claudia's aqueductSpain, Bolonia
BarcinoSpain
BejísSpain
Acueducto romano de CádizSpain, Cádiz
Caños de CarmonaSpain, Seville
Cordoba (Aqua Fontis Aureae)Spain
ItálicaSpain
Las MedulasSpain
Les Ferreres AqueductSpain, Tarragona
Los BañalesSpain
Acueducto de los MilagrosSpain, Mérida
LugoSpain
NoainSpain, Pamplona, Navarra
Onuba AestuariaSpain
Peña CortadaSpain
Rabo de Buey-San LázaroSpain
S'Argamassa's aqueductSpain
Segobriga's AqueductSpain, Saelices
Aqueduct of SegoviaSpain, Segovia ? x 28m
Aqueduct of ToletumSpain, Toledo
ValdepuentesSpain
Aqueduct of HamaSyria
Aqueduct of HadrianTunisia
Zaghouan AqueductTunisia, Carthage132 km
Valens AqueductTurkey, Istanbul
AspendosTurkey, Antalya Province
Karapınar AqueductTurkey, İzmir
Kızılçullu AqueductTurkey, İzmir
Vezirsuyu AqueductTurkey, İzmir
Lamas AqueductTurkey, Mersin Province
Olba AqueductTurkey, Mersin Province
Laodicea on the LycusTurkey, Denizli Province
PhaselisTurkey, Antalya Province
Dolaucothi Gold MinesUnited Kingdom, Wales, Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire
DurnovariaUnited Kingdom, Dorchester, Dorset
LongoviciumUnited Kingdom, Lanchester
Aqueduct of Ptolmais CyrenaicaLibya200 kmc AD 120

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