Aqua Appia

Period

312 BC

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The Aqua Appia was the first Roman aqueduct, and its construction was begun in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus, who also built the important Via Appia. By the end of the 1st century BC it had fallen out of use as an aqueduct, and was used as a sewer instead.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. 753 BCFounding of Rome
2. 431–404 BCPeloponnesian War
3. 312 BCAqua AppiaThis page
4. 216 BCBattle of Cannae
5. 44 BCAssassination of Julius Caesar
6. AD 79Eruption of Vesuvius buries Pompeii

Who ruled this land

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