List of Roman canals

The list of Roman channels leads to canals of ancient Rome. The channels of the Romans usually served several purposes such as irrigation, drainage, land reclamation, flood protection and as a waterway. The focus in the following on the larger buildings, especially the shipping channels, as they were handed down by ancient geographers and excavated by modern archeology. Shall not include Roman aqueduct channels ( aqueducts ) that were built for urban water supply.

Simple locks for water level regulation were first through Hellenistic engineers in ancient Suez Canal used (3rd century BC). The Romans under Trajan installed at the outlet to the Red Sea locks while they improved the flow of water at the other end by an extension of Nilkanals to the level of present-day Cairo. The existence of double locks to overcome height differences was adopted variously, but could not yet be proven beyond reasonable doubt the absence of clear archaeological evidence.

Channels

Italy

Gaul

Germania

Britain

Egypt

Moesia

Channel projects

Below Roman canal projects are listed that were never implemented for different reasons.