List of Roman cisterns
The list of Roman cisterns offers an overview over Ancient Roman cisterns. Freshwater reservoir were commonly set up at the termini of aqueducts and their branch lines, supplying urban households, agricultural estates, imperial palaces, thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy.[1]
Cisterns[]
Cistern | Location | Country | Water supply | Width (m) |
Length (m) |
Clear height (m) |
Water depth (m) |
Capacity (m³) |
Volume (m³) | |
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Basilica Cistern | Constantinople | Turkey | 80,000 | ||||||
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Cistern of Philoxenos | Constantinople | Turkey | |||||||
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Theodosius Cistern | Constantinople | Turkey | |||||||
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Piscina Mirabilis | Misenum | Italy | Serino Aqueduct | 25 | 66 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 10,700 | 14,300 [2] |
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Roman cisterns | Fermo | Italy | 30 | 70 | 6 | 0,70 | 3,000 | 10,000 [2] | |
Grotta Dragonara | Misenum | Italy | Rainwater? | 70 | 72 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 7,700 | 11,900 [2] | |
Il Cisternone | Albano | Italy | 10,132 [3] | |||||||
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Aïn Mizeb | Thugga | Tunisia | Aqueduct | 9,000 | |||||
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Aïn El Hammam | Thugga | Tunisia | Aqueduct | 6,000 | |||||
Cripta Romana | Cumae | Italy | Serino Aqueduct | 31 | 38 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2,100 | 5,300[2] | |
Piscina Cardito, Southern Reservoir |
Puteoli | Italy | Campanian Aqueduct | 16 | 55 | 6.0 | 4.5[B 1] | 4,000[B 1] | 5,300[2] | |
Piscina Lusciano | Puteoli | Italy | Serino Aqueduct | 25 | 27 | 6.5 | 4.0[B 1] | 2,700[B 1] | 4,400[2] | |
Tunnel Cistern[A 1] | Baiae | Italy | Rainwater | 3.5 | 300 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2,100 | 2,800[2][B 1] | |
Cento Camerelle, Upper Reservoir |
Misenum | Italy | Rainwater | 18 | 23 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 2,000 | 2,450[2] | |
Cento Camerelle | Puteoli | Italy | Campanian Aqueduct? | 7 | 70 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 850 | 2,000[2] | |
Cento Camerelle, Lower Reservoir[A 1] |
Misenum | Italy | Rainwater | 2 | 160 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 960 | 1,100[2][B 1] | |
Piscina Cardito, Northern Reservoir |
Puteoli | Italy | Campanian Aqueduct | 8 | 34 | ? | 1.3[B 1] | 350[B 1] | ?[2] | |
Domitian's Villa [3] | Albano | Italy | 11 | 123 | ||||||
Villa Jovis | Capri | Italy |
Notes[]
See also[]
- Roman architecture
- Roman engineering
- Roman technology
References[]
Sources[]
- Adam, Jean-Pierre (2004), Roman Building. Materials and Techniques, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-20866-6
- Döring, Mathias (2002), "Wasser für den 'Sinus Baianus': Römische Ingenieur- und Wasserbauten der Phlegraeischen Felder", Antike Welt, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 305–319
External links[]
Media related to Roman cisterns at Wikimedia Commons
- Roman Aqueducts – Basins in Roman aqueducts
- Traianus – Technical investigation of Roman public works
Categories:
- Roman cisterns
- Roman aqueducts
- Lists of ancient Roman buildings and structures
- Reservoirs in Italy
- Reservoirs in Turkey
- Reservoirs in Tunisia