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Water in Ancient Rome - Outside Links


Moving Water & Making it Pretty: How Did The Romans Do It?

Roman Baths - Many Romans enjoyed spending the afternoon at the "thermae" or public bath

Watering Ancient Rome - Interview with Peter Aicher regarding his work on the Nova documentary "Watering Ancient Rome"

Roman Aqueducts - Overview of aqueduct engineering and planning.

Monuments of the City - Encyclopedia Britannica entry on the fountains of Rome

Moving Water - How the fountains of Ancient Rome worked without motors or electricity

Aquae Urbis Romae - Extraordinary interactive cartographic history of the hydrological systems that supported the Roman fountain.

Roman Water Systems At Nesausus and Arelate - By Roger D. Hansen

Water Supply Systems of Italy - Cisterns, Reservoirs, and Aqueducts

The Popes and Water Supply - Rome has the largest complex of aqueducts in the world.

 

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