List of Roman cisterns

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The Basilica Cistern in Constantinople

The list of Roman cisterns provides an overview of water storage tanks of the Roman Empire in antiquity . The freshwater reservoirs were mostly located at the end points of aqueducts , where they were used to supply urban households, country estates , imperial palaces, thermal baths or bases of the Roman fleet .

Cisterns

cistern Ancient place country Water supply Width
(m) 		Length
(m) 		Interior height
(m) 		Water depth
(m) 		Water content
(m³) 		Volume
(m³)
The Cistern of Aspar in 2013 Aspar cistern Constantinople Turkey 152 152 10-11 230000-250000
Basilica Cistern Basilica Cistern Constantinople Turkey Valens Aqueduct 138 65 80,000
Philoxenus cistern Philoxenos cistern Constantinople Turkey
Theodosius Cistern Theodosius cistern Constantinople Turkey
Piscina Mirabilis Piscina Mirabilis Misenum Italy Serino Aqueduct 25th 166 10.3 7.5 10700 14300
Grotta Dragonara Misenum Italy Rainwater ? 70 172 19.5 4.5 17700 11900
Il Cisternone Albano Italy 10132
P6212555 dougga.jpg Ain Mizeb Thugga Tunisia aqueduct 19000
P6212581 dougga.jpg Ain El Hammam Thugga Tunisia aqueduct 16000
Cripta Romana Cumae Italy Serino Aqueduct 31 138 18.0 3.0 12100 15300
Piscina Cardito,
South Reservoir 		Puteoli Italy Campanian aqueduct 16 155 16.0 4.5 14000 15300
Piscina Lusciano Puteoli Italy Serino Aqueduct 25th 127 16.5 4.0 12700 14400
Tunnel cistern Baiae Italy Rainwater 13.5 300 13.0 2.0 12100 12800
Cento Camerelle,
Upper Reservoir 		Misenum Italy Rainwater 18th 123 17.8 5.5 12000 12450
Cento Camerelle Puteoli Italy Campanian aqueduct? 17th 170 15.2 2.0 11850 12000
Cento Camerelle,
Lower Reservoir 		Misenum Italy Rainwater 12 160 14.0 3.0 11960 11100
Piscina Cardito,
Northern Reservoir 		Puteoli Italy Campanian aqueduct 18th 134 1? 1.3 11350 1?
Domitian's villa Albano Italy 11 123
Villa Jovis capri Italy
Roman cistern Firmum Picenum Italy Rainwater

See also

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Exposed area
  2. ↑ a b estimate

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Döring (2002), pp. 310-319
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j All data from: Döring (2002), pp. 310–19 (esp. 313)
  3. ↑ a b Adam (2004), pp. 250-51

literature

  • Jean-Pierre Adam: Roman Building. Materials and Techniques , Routledge, 2004, ISBN 978-0-415-20866-6
  • Mathias Döring: Water for the "Sinus Baianus": Roman engineering and hydraulic structures of the Phlegraeische fields , in: Antike Welt , Vol. 33, No. 3 (2002), pp. 305-319

Web links

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