List of Roman cisterns

The Basilica Cistern in Constantinople provided water for the Imperial Palace.

The list of Roman cisterns offers an overview over Ancient Roman cisterns. Freshwater reservoir 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.^[1]

Cisterns

	Cistern	Location	Country	Water supply	Width (m)	Length (m)	Clear height (m)	Water depth (m)	Capacity (m³)	Volume (m³)
	Basilica Cistern	Constantinople	Turkey
	Cistern of Philoxenos	Constantinople	Turkey
	Theodosius Cistern	Constantinople	Turkey
	Piscina Mirabilis	Misenum	Italy	Serino Aqueduct	25	166	10.3	7.5	10,700	14,300 [2]
	Roman cisterns	Fermo	Italy	rainwater	30	170	6	0,70	3,000	10,000 [2]
	Grotta Dragonara	Misenum	Italy	Rainwater?	70	172	19.5	4.5	17,700	11,900 [2]
	Il Cisternone	Albano	Italy							10,132 [3]
	Aïn Mizeb	Thugga	Tunisia	Aqueduct						19,000
	Aïn El Hammam	Thugga	Tunisia	Aqueduct						16,000
	Cripta Romana	Cumae	Italy	Serino Aqueduct	31	138	18.0	3.0	12,100	15,300 [2]
	Piscina Cardito, Southern Reservoir	Puteoli	Italy	Campanian Aqueduct	16	155	16.0	4.5 [B 1]	14,000 [B 2]	15,300 [2]
	Piscina Lusciano	Puteoli	Italy	Serino Aqueduct	25	127	16.5	4.0 [B 3]	12,700 [B 4]	14,400 [2]
	Tunnel Cistern [A 1]	Baiae	Italy	Rainwater	13.5	300	13.0	2.0	12,100	12,800 [2][B 5]
	Cento Camerelle, Upper Reservoir	Misenum	Italy	Rainwater	18	123	17.8	5.5	12,000	12,450 [2]
	Cento Camerelle	Puteoli	Italy	Campanian Aqueduct?	17	170	15.2	2.0	11850	12,000 [2]
	Cento Camerelle, Lower Reservoir [A 2]	Misenum	Italy	Rainwater	12	160	14.0	3.0	11960	11,100 [2][B 6]
	Piscina Cardito, Northern Reservoir	Puteoli	Italy	Campanian Aqueduct	18	134	1?	1.3 [B 7]	11350 [B 8]	1? [2]
	Domitian's Villa [3]	Albano	Italy		11	123
	Villa Jovis	Capri	Italy

Notes

1. Estimated values

1. Excavated parts

See also

• Roman aqueduct
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering
• Roman technology

References

1. Döring 2002, pp. 310–319
2. All data from: Döring 2002, pp. 310–319 (esp. 313)
3. Adam 2004, pp. 250–51

Sources

• Adam, Jean-Pierre (2004), Roman Building. Materials and Techniques, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-20866-6
• Döring, Mathias (2002), "Wasser für den 'Sinus Baianus': Römische Ingenieur- und Wasserbauten der Phlegraeischen Felder", Antike Welt 33 (3), pp. 305–319

External links

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