Aqua Traiana

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Aqua Traiana was an ancient Roman aqueduct built under Emperor Trajan to supply fresh water to the city of Rome from springs near Lake Bracciano.

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Label Occurrences
Aqua Traiana canonical 8

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman aqueduct
associatedWithStructure Fontanone dell’Acqua Paola
builder Emperor Trajan
linked to: Trajan
commissionedBy Emperor Trajan
linked to: Trajan
constructionPeriod reign of Trajan
country Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
documentedIn Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum
medieval sources
endPoint Rome
followedBy Aqua Alexandrina
follows northwest route into Rome
hasComponent arcades
bridges
tunnels
underground channels
historicalPeriod Imperial Roman period
linked to: Roman Empire
inaugurated 109 AD
influenced Pope Paul V’s Acqua Paola
languageOfName Latin
LatinName Aqua Traiana
length approximately 57 km
locatedIn Italy
Rome
modernNameOfRemains Acqua Traiana
namedAfter Trajan
partlyUnderground true
passesNear Lake Bracciano
Lake Martignano
precededBy Aqua Alsietina
startConstruction early 2nd century AD
startPoint Lacus Sabatinus
springs near Lake Bracciano
status partially preserved
supplied drinking water
fresh water
suppliedTo Janiculum Hill
Trastevere
Vatican area
city of Rome
linked to: Rome
terminus Janiculum Hill
Trastevere district
linked to: Trastevere
usedFor baths
mills on the Janiculum
public fountains
waterReusedBy Acqua Paola
waterSourceRegion Monti Sabatini
waterSourceType springs

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aqua Paola aqueduct followsCourseOf Aqua Traiana
Aqua Paola aqueduct precededBy Aqua Traiana
Aqua Traiana LatinName Aqua Traiana
Acqua di Paolo followsRouteOf Aqua Traiana
Aqua Traiana hasLatinName Aqua Traiana
subject linked to: Aqua Traiana aqueduct