Roman aqueduct

type of aqueduct built by the Romans

9 dated entries naming Roman aqueduct, drawn from 9 separate years between 33 BCE and 537 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century BC

33 BCEMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa is self demoted to Aedile, and builds the Aqua Julia, one of the aqueducts on which Rome's water supply depends, as well as cleaning the Cloaca Maxima sewerage system.source
2 BCEc. 2 BC: The Aqua Alsietina (or Aqua Augusta), which was a Roman aqueduct in Rome, is constructed during the reign of Augustus.source

1st century

34The Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard is constructed, running for 50 km, ending at Nîmes.source
40Construction begins on the Pont du Gard aqueduct in Gallia Narbonensis (approximate date).source

2nd century

109June 24 – The Aqua Traiana is inaugurated by Emperor Trajan; the aqueduct channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 km mi northwest of Rome.source

4th century

373The Aqueduct of Valens is inaugurated near Constantinople (modern Istanbul); the aqueduct has a length of 971 meters.source
378Valens completes the aqueduct of Constantinople begun by Constantine I.source

6th century

536November – Siege of Naples: Belisarius captures Naples after a month's siege, by sending troops into the city through an abandoned Roman aqueduct.source
537Vitiges sets up seven camps, overlooking the main gates and access routes to the city, in order to starve it out. He blocks the Roman aqueducts that are supplying Rome with water, necessary both for drinking and for operating the corn mills.source