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was a union of three streams : the Aqua Marcia, the Aqua Tepula,
and the Aqua Julia, properly so called, which had its source two
miles heyond that of the Aqua Tepula. It supplied the Esquiline
and Palatine hills. It was built partly on massive substructions
and partly on arches. The so-called Setto Sale are supposed to
have been a reservoir of the aqueduct for the use of the baths of
Titus.
The Aqua Virgo was constructed by Agrippa, under Augustus, to
supply his baths. Its source was between the seventh and eighth
milestone, on the A^ia Collatina. It derives its name from the tradi-
tion that is source was pointed out by a young girl to some thirsty
soldiers. Tt entered Rome near the Porta Pinciana, from whence
it was conducted on arches to the Campus Martins. The greater
portion of it was subterranean, a small portion of about 700 paces,
was on arches. 'Phis aqueduct still supplies a large part of modern
Home.
The Aqua Alsietina, on the right bank of the Tiber, was brought
by Augustus, from the lacus Alsietinus, to supply his naumachia.
It was about thirty miles long.
The Aqua Claudia was commenced by Caligula, A.U. 3G, continued
and finished by the emperor Claudius, a.d. 50. The springs from
which it derived its water were near the thirty-eighth milestone, on
the Via Sablacensis, a few miles from Sublaquoum (Subiaco). It was
more than forty-six miles long. At the present day a line of arches
belonging to this aqueduct extend for about six miles across the
Campagna, forming the grandest and the most picturesque vista on
the plain near Borne. The arches were afterwards used by Sixtus V.
to supply the city from another source, under the name of the Aqua
Felice.
The Anio Novus, also built by Claudius, was tho longest of all the
aqueducts, being nearly fifty-nine miles long. Its source was near
the forty-second milestone, on the Vren Sublacensis. This aqueduct,
with the Aqua Claudia, entered the city over the present Porta
Maggioro, in two channels, one above the other. The upper was the
Anio Novus, the lower the Aqua Claudia.
It has been calculated that these nine aqueducts furnished Rome
with a supply of water equal to that carried down by a river thirty
feet broad by six deep, flowing at the rate of thirty inches a second.
These magnificent and useful works of tho ancient Romans were not
confined to the capital alone. Constructions of equal magnificence
and utility, some even on a grander scale, are to be found not only
was a union of three streams : the Aqua Marcia, the Aqua Tepula,
and the Aqua Julia, properly so called, which had its source two
miles heyond that of the Aqua Tepula. It supplied the Esquiline
and Palatine hills. It was built partly on massive substructions
and partly on arches. The so-called Setto Sale are supposed to
have been a reservoir of the aqueduct for the use of the baths of
Titus.
The Aqua Virgo was constructed by Agrippa, under Augustus, to
supply his baths. Its source was between the seventh and eighth
milestone, on the A^ia Collatina. It derives its name from the tradi-
tion that is source was pointed out by a young girl to some thirsty
soldiers. Tt entered Rome near the Porta Pinciana, from whence
it was conducted on arches to the Campus Martins. The greater
portion of it was subterranean, a small portion of about 700 paces,
was on arches. 'Phis aqueduct still supplies a large part of modern
Home.
The Aqua Alsietina, on the right bank of the Tiber, was brought
by Augustus, from the lacus Alsietinus, to supply his naumachia.
It was about thirty miles long.
The Aqua Claudia was commenced by Caligula, A.U. 3G, continued
and finished by the emperor Claudius, a.d. 50. The springs from
which it derived its water were near the thirty-eighth milestone, on
the Via Sablacensis, a few miles from Sublaquoum (Subiaco). It was
more than forty-six miles long. At the present day a line of arches
belonging to this aqueduct extend for about six miles across the
Campagna, forming the grandest and the most picturesque vista on
the plain near Borne. The arches were afterwards used by Sixtus V.
to supply the city from another source, under the name of the Aqua
Felice.
The Anio Novus, also built by Claudius, was tho longest of all the
aqueducts, being nearly fifty-nine miles long. Its source was near
the forty-second milestone, on the Vren Sublacensis. This aqueduct,
with the Aqua Claudia, entered the city over the present Porta
Maggioro, in two channels, one above the other. The upper was the
Anio Novus, the lower the Aqua Claudia.
It has been calculated that these nine aqueducts furnished Rome
with a supply of water equal to that carried down by a river thirty
feet broad by six deep, flowing at the rate of thirty inches a second.
These magnificent and useful works of tho ancient Romans were not
confined to the capital alone. Constructions of equal magnificence
and utility, some even on a grander scale, are to be found not only