The list of Roman cisterns offers an overview over Ancient Roman cisterns. Freshwater reservoirs were commonly set up at the termini of aqueducts and their branch lines, supplying urban households, agricultural estates, imperial palaces, thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy.

Cisterns Cistern Location Country Water supply Width(m) Length(m) Clear height(m) Water depth(m) Capacity(m³) Volume(m³)Basilica Cistern or Yerebatan SarayConstantinopleTurkeyRainwater harvesting65138985,000 De Feo, Giovanni & De Gisi, Sabino & Malvano, Carmela & De Biase, O. (2010). The Greatest Water Reservoirs in the Ancient Roman World and the “Piscina Mirabilis” in Misenum. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply. vol. 10, issue 3, pp 350–358. Publication by IWA Publishing, 2010.Bordj el-DjedidZaghouanTunisiaAqueduct of Carthage39154.6 (oblong)25,000 to 30,000 Cistern of Philoxenos or Binbirdirek CisternConstantinopleTurkeyRainwater harvesting666514 to 1532,500 Theodosius CisternConstantinopleTurkeyRainwater harvestingCistern System at Masada (Northern Cisterns)Judaean DesertIsraelRainwater harvestingPiscina MirabilisBacoli near MisenumItalySerino Aqueduct (27 ) (72 ) (±10 ) (? ) (12,600 ) All data from: (? )Roman cisternsFermoItalyRainwater harvesting Grotta DragonaraBacoli near MisenumItalyRainwater harvesting (6 ) (60 ) (? ) (? ) (? ) (? )Il CisternoneAlbanoItaly Cisternone RomanoFormiaItaly25656.58,000 Aïn MizebThuggaTunisiaAqueductAïn El HammamThuggaTunisiaAqueductCripta RomanaCumaeItalySerino Aqueduct Piscina Cardito,Southern ReservoirPuteoliItalyCampanian Aqueduct Piscina LuscianoPuteoliItalySerino Aqueduct Tunnel CisternBaiae Italy Rainwater harvesting Cento Camerelle,Upper ReservoirMisenumItalyRainwater harvesting Cento CamerellePuteoliItalyCampanian Aqueduct? Cento Camerelle,Lower ReservoirMisenumItalyRainwater harvesting Piscina Cardito,Northern ReservoirPuteoliItalyCampanian Aqueduct Domitian's Villa AlbanoItaly Villa JovisCapriItaly

Notes

See also Roman architecture Roman engineering Roman technology

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Further reading

De Feo, Giovanni & De Gisi, Sabino & Malvano, Carmela & De Biase, O. (2010). The Greatest Water Reservoirs in the Ancient Roman World and the “Piscina Mirabilis” in Misenum. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply. vol. 10, issue 3, pp 350–358. Publication by IWA Publishing, 2010.

External links

Roman Aqueducts – Basins in Roman aqueducts Traianus – Technical investigation of Roman public works