This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... to the sophistication and reach of the Roman aqueduct. Striding across the landscape from ...

Ancient Rome achieved urban milestones centuries ahead of its time, with innovations like shopping malls, public welfare, and ...

Aqueducts are one of the wonders of the Roman Empire. These graceful structures are not only majestic, but are engineering marvels that survive to this day. In "Construct an Aqueduct," you are ...

Mr. Clemens Herschel, who lectures this evening before the Engineering Society on "Roman Aqueducts," has a wide reputation as an expert in hydraulic engineering. He is a graduate of the Scientific ...

The aqueduct was a vital part of Roman life in Dorchester ... this discovery adds to an existing understanding of Dorset’s history and how Dorchester, then known as Durnovaria, grew into ...

What would Rome and the Roman Empire have been like without their aqueducts? What did these water bridges mean to their civilization? AICHER: The Romans could not have built cities as big as they ...

the stone arcades of aqueducts are a central feature of a classical Roman landscape that has appeared in iconic Italian films like “La Dolce Vita” and “La Grande Bellezza.” Roberto ...

It showed the distance to the nearest fort, Kanovium (the Roman for Caerhun in north Wales). Aqueducts were built to supply towns with water from springs, rivers or lakes. The Romans liked to keep ...

This relief from the fountain depicts the Roman general and architect Agrippa approving the design of the aqueduct, an important moment in the history of the fountain’s water source. The first ...