Cloaca Maxima

The Cloaca Maxima (from Latin cluere, clean ' Cloaca Maxima literally the greatest sewer, also derived from the German term cloaca ) is a part of an ancient canal system in Rome. The fifth king of Rome, Tarquinius Priscus is said to have an extensive canal system for the drainage of the valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hill, the future Roman Forum created.

The most important of these channels was the Cloaca Maxima, which thus became the prototype for ancient sewers. The route of this system follows an originally natural, later canalized and straightened river course named Velabrum, which flows into the Tiber at the Pons Aemilius. The dimensions of the Cloaca Maxima be up to 3 m wide and more than 4 m in height. The goddess of the river, Venus Cloacina, was built in the Roman Forum a shrine.

Transport channel for aqueducts

The eleven aqueducts that supplied in the first century AD water to Rome was after they served before many public baths, such as the Baths of Diocletian, public fountains, imperial palaces and private houses with water, connected to the duct system. The continued supply of running water helped flush away waste and to protect the sewer from obstructions.

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