Aqua Tepula
| Aqua Tepula | |
|---|---|
| Construction year | 125 BC Chr. |
| length | 18 km |
| Headwaters |
Albanian Mountains near Castrimoenium , today Marino |
| Height of the source above sea level |
151 m |
| Height in Rome | 61 m |
| Cross section in the lower reaches (W × H in m) |
0.8 x 1.1 |
The Aqua Tepula is an ancient Roman aqueduct ( aqueduct ) to supply the city of Rome .
history
The Aqua Tepula was founded in 125 BC. Built by the censors Gnaeus Servilius Caepio and Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla . Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa let them be 33 BC. Connect with the Aqua Iulia . Between 11 and 4 BC It was repaired under Emperor Augustus .
The name was derived from the temperature of the water that arrived lukewarm in Rome.
Water flow
The source of the Aqua Tepula is located near the Via Latina near Tusculum east of Rome. Agrippa increased the flow by feeding the previous canal with water from the Aqua Julia. The approximately 18 km long water pipeline delivered 19,000 cubic meters per day.
The Aqua Tepula reached the city of Rome at Porta Maggiore , where it crossed the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus together with the Aqua Marcia . From there it then follows the same route as the Marcia aqueduct, which runs through Porta Viminal , unlike Aqua Tepula, it supplies the Aventine .
See also
literature
- Samuel Ball Platner , Thomas Ashby : A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Oxford University Press, London 1929, pp. 27-28 ( digitized version ).
- Filippo Coarelli : Rome. An archaeological guide. von Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2685-8 , p. 38.
- Lawrence Richardson : A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1992, ISBN 0-8018-4300-6 , p. 18, (Aqua Tepula).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Including 8,000 m³ / day from the Aqua Julia, 4,000 m³ / day from the Aqua Marcia and 7,000 m³ / day from the Anio Novus.
