Aqueducts in the Roman Empire Name Location Image Coordinates Length x Height Construction Started Service Started Demolition or Decommission Influencer Saldae Aqueduct Toudja , Algeria 36°45′N 4°54′E / 36.750°N 4.900°E / 36.750; 4.900 Plovdiv Plovdiv , Bulgaria 42°7′50″N 24°43′25″E / 42.13056°N 24.72361°E / 42.13056; 24.72361 30 km x Plavno Polje [3] Šibenik-Knin County , Croatia 32.6 km x 0.296 m AD 1 Aqueduct of Diocletian Solin , Croatia 43°31′27″N 16°29′22″E / 43.52417°N 16.48944°E / 43.52417; 16.48944 9 km x 16.5 m 3rd century AD 1932 Kamares Aqueduct Larnaca , Cyprus 34°54′44″N 33°35′55″E / 34.912131°N 33.598729°E / 34.912131; 33.598729 1747 Nicosia aqueduct Nicosia , Cyprus 35°10′19″N 33°22′11″E / 35.17194°N 33.36972°E / 35.17194; 33.36972 18th century Clausonnes Antibes , France Barbegal aqueduct Arles , France 43°42′09″N 4°43′17″E / 43.70250°N 4.72139°E / 43.70250; 4.72139 Aqueduct of the Gier Lyon , France 45°43′17″N 4°45′37″E / 45.72139°N 4.76028°E / 45.72139; 4.76028 85 km 1st century AD Aqueduct of Luynes Luynes , France 47°23′50″N 0°34′06″E / 47.39724°N 0.56836°E / 47.39724; 0.56836 1,825 m 12th or 13th century Pont du Gard Nîmes , France 43°56′50″N 04°32′08″E / 43.94722°N 4.53556°E / 43.94722; 4.53556 275 m x 48.8 m 1st century AD AD 60 6th century Fréjus France 40 km AD 50 Aqueduct from Gorze to Metz Metz , France Eifel Aqueduct Germany 50°30′46″N 6°36′39″E / 50.5127°N 6.6108°E / 50.5127; 6.6108 130 km x 1 m AD 80 260 Sumelocenna Rottenburg, Germany 48°27′49″N 8°51′44″E / 48.46362°N 8.86234°E / 48.46362; 8.86234 ca. AD 100 Hadrian Argos , GreecePeisistratid Athens , GreeceLong Walls Athens, Greece Late Roman Athens, Greece Corinth Corinthia , GreeceChalcis Chalcis , GreeceAqueduct of Kavala Kavala , Greece 40°56′13″N 24°24′56″E / 40.9369°N 24.4155°E / 40.9369; 24.4155 16th century Mytilene Lesbos , GreeceNicopolis Epirus , GreecePatras Greece Aqua Anio Vetus [4] Pleiades, Italy 330 BC AD 640 Aqua Augusta Naples , Italy140 km between 30 and 20 BC Aqua Marcia Rome, Italy 41°52′16″N 12°32′20″E / 41.8711°N 12.5389°E / 41.8711; 12.5389 between 144–140 BC 144 BC 140 BC Aqua Tepula [5] Rome, Italy 41°53′20″N 12°27′11″E / 41.888976°N 12.453132°E / 41.888976; 12.453132 126 BC 127 BC Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla Aqua Anio Novus horti Epaphroditiani, Italy[5] 41°53′29″N 12°30′55″E / 41.89139°N 12.51528°E / 41.89139; 12.51528 38 AD Aqua Alexandrina Rome, Italy 41°52′42″N 12°34′24″E / 41.87833°N 12.57333°E / 41.87833; 12.57333 22.4 km AD 226 AD 226 Aqua Alsietina Rome, Italy 41°53′12″N 12°28′10″E / 41.88667°N 12.46944°E / 41.88667; 12.46944 32.8 km 2 BC Aqua Appia Rome, Italy 41°53′22″N 12°30′40″E / 41.88944°N 12.51111°E / 41.88944; 12.51111 312 BC 312 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 Virgo Rome, Italy Minturno Italy Ponte delle Torri Italy, Spoleto Aqua Crabra Italy, Tusculum Pont d'Aël Italy, Aosta Valley Termini Imerese Italy, Sicily Aqueduct of Triglio Italy, Apulia 6940°34′50.82″N 17°12′9.63″E / 40.5807833°N 17.2026750°E / 40.5807833; 17.2026750
123 BC Gadara Aqueduct Jordan, Gadara 32°40′51″N 35°52′09″E / 32.6808°N 35.8691°E / 32.6808; 35.8691 Aqueduct of Zubaida Lebanon, Beirut Aqueduct of Tyre Lebanon, Tyre Aqueduct of Msaylha Lebanon, Batroun Aqueduct of Nahr Ibrahim Lebanon, Byblos Aqueduct of Volubilis Morocco, Volubilis Skopje Aqueduct North Macedonia Aqueduto de São Sebastião Portugal, Coimbra AD 1568 [6] AD 1570 [6] Acueducto de Sexi[a] Spain, Almuñécar Albarracin-Gea-Cella Spain Aqua Nova Domitiana Augusta Spain Baelo Claudia's aqueduct Spain, Bolonia Barcino Spain Bejís Spain Acueducto romano de Cádiz Spain, Cádiz Caños de Carmona Spain, Seville Cordoba (Aqua Fontis Aureae) Spain Itálica Spain Las Medulas Spain Les Ferreres Aqueduct Spain, Tarragona Los Bañales Spain Acueducto de los Milagros Spain, Mérida Lugo Spain Noain Spain, Pamplona, Navarra Onuba Aestuaria Spain Peña Cortada Spain Rabo de Buey-San Lázaro Spain S'Argamassa's aqueduct Spain Segobriga's Aqueduct Spain, Saelices Aqueduct of Segovia Spain, Segovia ? x 28m Aqueduct of Toletum Spain, Toledo Valdepuentes Spain Aqueduct of Hama Syria Aqueduct of Hadrian Tunisia Zaghouan Aqueduct Tunisia, Carthage 132 km Valens Aqueduct Turkey, Istanbul Aspendos Turkey, Antalya Province Karapınar Aqueduct Turkey, İzmir Kızılçullu Aqueduct Turkey, İzmir Vezirsuyu Aqueduct Turkey, İzmir Lamas Aqueduct Turkey, Mersin Province Olba Aqueduct Turkey, Mersin Province Laodicea on the Lycus Turkey, Denizli Province Phaselis Turkey, Antalya Province Dolaucothi Gold Mines United Kingdom, Wales, Pumsaint , Carmarthenshire Durnovaria United Kingdom, Dorchester, Dorset Longovicium United Kingdom, Lanchester Aqueduct of Ptolmais Cyrenaica Libya 200 km c AD 120
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