Ancient Roman Aqueducts An aqueduct is a water system in which water is channeled through tunnels, canals, ditches and structures guided to any place where it is needed. Ancient Rome had eleven aqueducts that were built between 312 B.C. and A.D. 226. The eleven aqueducts totaled over 260 miles in length, the longest being 59 miles. When the cities population was over a million, the distribution system used by Rome was able to provide over one cubic …showed first 75 words of 693 total…

…showed last 75 words of 693 total…at work on the aqueducts to repair and extend the water system. In the sixth century A.D., when the power of Rome was declining, the Goths besieged Rome and cut almost all the aqueducts leading into the city. There was only one that continued to flow which was because it ran entirely under ground. During the middle ages there was one or two that had been restored and put back into use. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**