Aqua Julia

The Aqua Iulia, also Aqua Julia, is an ancient Roman aqueduct ( aqueduct ) to supply the city of Rome.

History

Marcus Agrippa Vipsanius arranged in the year 33 BC, the construction of the Aqua Iulia in to manage an ever- increasing consumption of water to the ancient city of Rome needs. Just a few years later, 11-4 BC, the water pipe had to be repaired under the Emperor Augustus.

Water management

The sources of the Aqua Iulia were about half a mile above the later Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata. Agrippa the simple line of the Aqua Iulia connect with the built in 125 BC Aqua Tepula. She reached the city of Rome, near the Porta Maggiore. Together with the Aqua Marcia and the Aqua Claudia, she ran up to the Viminal and also supplied Caelian and Aventine.

The 23 km long pipeline with a flow rate of 50,000 cubic meters per day supplied including a built by Emperor Severus Alexander monumental fountain on the present-day Piazza Vittorio Emanuele.

Built by Pope Calixtus II in 1122 channel Marrana Mariana replaced the ancient Aqua Iulia. The amount of water was mainly used for mills and irrigation, although the water had an excellent quality.

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