Aqua Anio Novus, Rome, Italy

Aqua Anio Novus ('New Anio aqueduct') was an ancient Roman aqueduct. Like the Aqua Claudia, it was begun by emperor Caligula in 38 AD and completed in 52 AD by Claudius.

The aqueduct was split into two channels above Tivoli and combined again near Gericomo. From its filtering tank near the seventh milestone of the Via Latina it was carried on the arches of the Aqua Claudia, in a channel immediately superposed on the latter. It terminated at a great tank on the Esquiline Hill near the temple of Minerva Medici.

As the water was prone to be turbid, Trajan made use of additional sources from the two uppermost of the three lakes formed by Nero for the adornment of his villa at Subiaco, thus lengthening the aqueduct to 58 miles and 700 paces. The lakes were created by dams in the river, and were the tallest of any built by the Romans. They were swept away by the river in the Medieval period.

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AndresRafael StefaniSucre (4 years ago)
?New Anio aqueduct? ⚫It was an ancient Roman aqueduct , located in Rome , Italy. ⚫It was begun by emperor Caligula in 38 AD and completed in 52 AD by Claudius. ⚫It is regarded as one of the "four great aqueducts of Rome". ⚫The New Anio aqueduct (Aqua Anio Novus)was the highest in level of all the aqueducts in ancient Rome. ⚫It provided more water (190,000 cubic meters per day) than any other aqueduct.

Joshua Yates (5 years ago)
aquaduc had no aqua and no ducs very disapointing and bad

Jitender Gupta (6 years ago)
I went their to attend World skate federation

Abu Sufian Milu (7 years ago)
The Aqua Anio Vetuswas an ancient Roman aqueduct, and the second oldest after the Aqua Appia.[1] It was commissioned in 272 BC and funded by treasures seized from Pyrrhus of Epirus. Its flow was more than twice that of the Aqua Appia, and it entered the city on raised arches, supplying water to higher elevations of the city.[2] Its construction was ambitious as it was four times as long as the Appia and its source much higher. It was clearly an engineering masterpiece, especially considering its early date and complexity of construction. It was the first to take water from the Aniovalley, hence its name. Source: Wikipedia

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