Aqua Iulia
| Aqua Iulia | |
|---|---|
| Construction year | 33 BC Chr. |
| length | 23 km |
| Headwaters |
Albanian Mountains near Grottaferrata |
| Height of the source above sea level |
350 m |
| Height in Rome | 64 m |
| Cross section in the lower reaches (W × H in m) |
0.6 x 1.5 |
The Aqua Julia , also Aqua Julia , is an ancient Roman aqueduct ( aqueduct ) to supply the city of Rome .
history
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ordered in 33 BC The construction of the Aqua Iulia to meet the steadily increasing water consumption of the ancient metropolis of Rome. Just a few years later, between 11 and 4 BC BC, the aqueduct had to be repaired under Emperor Augustus .
Water flow
The sources of the Aqua Iulia were about half a mile above the later abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata . Agrippa left the simple management of Aqua Iulia with the in the year 125 BC. Connect aqua tepula built in BC . She reached the city of Rome near the Porta Maggiore . Together with the Aqua Marcia and the Aqua Claudia she ran to the Viminal and also took care of Caelius and Aventine .
The approximately 23 km long water pipe with a flow rate of around 50,000 cubic meters per day supplied, among other things, a monumental fountain built by Emperor Severus Alexander in today's Piazza Vittorio Emanuele.
The Marrana Mariana Canal, built by Pope Calixt II in 1122, replaced the ancient Aqua Iulia. The amount of water was mainly used for the mills and irrigation, although the water was of excellent quality.
See also
literature
- Samuel Ball Platner , Thomas Ashby : A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Oxford University Press, London 1929, pp. 23-24, ( online ).
- Filippo Coarelli : Rome. An archaeological guide. von Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2685-8 , pp. 38, 234, ISBN 3-8053-2685-8 .
- Lawrence Richardson : A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1992, ISBN 0-8018-4300-6 , p. 17 (Aqua Iulia).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Including 7,000 m³ / day from the Aqua Claudia and 8,000 m³ / day to the Aqua Tepula.
