Roman Aqueducts

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  • 312 BCE

    1. First One Created, the first ever Roman aqueduct created/innovated.

    1. First One Created, the first ever Roman aqueduct created/innovated.
    The first ever Roman aqueduct was built for the city of Rome, it was created by censor Appia Claudius Caecus, giving the name of the aqueduct, Aqua Appia, it was built and operational in 312 BC.It was very basic and not really advanced yet and the system did not have much piping/channels, because it was only capable of conveying the water from the body of the water to the specific place, it didn't have much connections and sub-branching piping routes after the main water tank at the city/town.
  • 312 BCE

    2.The technique used to build the first few Roman aqueducts (including the Aqua Appia).The piping, channel and tunnel systems were basic and simple, and it didn't have much to it, it just used basic components and mechanisms because of the technique used.

    2.The technique used to build the first few Roman aqueducts (including the Aqua Appia).The piping, channel and tunnel systems were basic and simple, and it didn't have much to it, it just used basic components and mechanisms because of the technique used.
    They would build their aqueducts as masonry canals, the different sections were rectangular, and a vault or stone slabs usually would cover it.The aqueducts were built with many different distant openings at each regular section to provide a way to facilitate maintenance and inspection of the aqueducts.The Aqua Appia the system and the different components/sections was built nearly entirely underground, this technique the Romans used to build their aqueducts was inherited from the Etruscan era.
  • Period: 312 BCE to

    Roman Aqueduct Evolution

  • 200 BCE

    4. The water system and the latrine system In the Roman Empire that were provided with the support of the Roman aqueducts for sanitation that helped prevent foul smells, build up of sewage and waste and sewage/waste pollution on water and land.

    4. The water system and the latrine system In the Roman Empire that were provided with the support of the Roman aqueducts for sanitation that helped prevent foul smells, build up of sewage and waste and sewage/waste pollution on water and land.
    The Poorer-quality water that came from the aqueducts was used for the public baths and sanitation facilities, and then the Romans reused the waste and old water from the public baths by using it as part of the flow of water that flushed the waste in the latrines through pipes.Terracotta piping was part of the plumbing/channel system that conveyed/carried wastewater and waste from private latrines from homes.
  • 200 BCE

    5. The Revolutionary Roman Pipe Seal

    5. The Revolutionary Roman Pipe Seal
    The Romans sealed most of any of their pipes with special Roman concrete to prevent the development of high water pressures in siphons and elsewhere in the piping/channel system and the aqueduct system.
  • 140 BCE

    6. More Larger And Better Roman aqueducts were developed and created 140 B.C.E - 50 C.E

    6. More Larger And Better Roman aqueducts were developed and created 140 B.C.E - 50 C.E
    The Romans developed and designed much more massive, better and advanced Roman aqueducts and aqueduct systems/components for that era, so it can do everything much better than the previous aqueducts (Quicker, efficient, etc.), and this also affected the sewage systems and the piping and channel system because it expanded the network making piping much more accessible to more people/places and it made the sewage system and the piping system much more advanced, functional and open for more uses.
  • 33 BCE

    7. First 170 Roman Baths Invented and Created

    7. First 170 Roman Baths Invented and Created
    At this time most of the Roman baths were built for/in Rome some for private use and some for communal use, the water for the baths was provided and supplied by the extensive Roman Aqueducts system by the Romans.The Roman baths were used for hygiene, cleaning up and bathing but they were also used for exercising and also for a way to socialize with others (mostly applied for communal use baths).
  • 200

    3. The expansion of the variety of different water appliances, facilities, tools, Around 100 BCE until Around 200+ CE

    3. The expansion of the variety of different water appliances, facilities, tools, Around 100 BCE until Around 200+ CE
    After most Roman aqueducts were built it lead to the expansion and creation of more water using/consuming tools, appliances, facilities and utilities like fountains, latrines, sewage systems, etc because with an abundant supply of water being constantly received it lead the Romans to think of more uses with the water they have, and how they can benefit all this water to the maximum potential, how they can solve many different problems they are facing and that the city is facing with water.

  • 8. Present/Recent Past (around 20th Century -> 21st Century), Present and Recent Past Modern Aqueducts, the pipes and channels were also able to supply many different large and tall buildings (skyscrapers, apartments, hotels, offices, etc.) with water

    8. Present/Recent Past (around 20th Century -> 21st Century), Present and Recent Past Modern Aqueducts, the pipes and channels were also able to supply many different large and tall buildings (skyscrapers, apartments, hotels, offices, etc.) with water
    A place were you would find many modern day aqueducts and piping is In the southwestern region of the USA since the region is originally very dry and dehydrated particularly, then they built the aqueducts that can import water from very far and large bodies of water and the aqueducts were able to supply the whole region anywhere with enough running water for many uses.Modern aqueducts are much more complex, efficient, quicker and effective and the system is more technologically advanced.