The Aqueduct of Constantinople: Managing the longest water channel of the ancient world

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even today, they still provide us with new insights into aesthetic, practical, and technical aspects of construction and use. Scientists investigated the longest aqueduct of the time, the 426-kilometer-long Aqueduct of Valens supplying Constantinople, and revealed new insights into how this structure was maintained back in time.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news