Subiaco Dams
| Dental Dams |
| Location |
Subiaco, Lazio, Italy |
| Opening date |
Reign of Nero (54–68 AD) |
| Dam and spillways |
| Height |
50 m |
| Length |
70 m? |
| Base width |
13.5 m[1] |
The Subiaco Dams were a group of three Roman gravity dams at Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, devised as pleasure lakes for emperor Nero (54–68 AD). The biggest one was the highest dam in the Roman Empire,[2] and even in the world until its destruction in 1305.[3]
References
Sources
- Hodge, A. Trevor (1992), Roman Aqueducts & Water Supply, London: Duckworth, ISBN 0-7156-2194-7
- Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt 8 (2): 25–32
- Smith, Norman (1970), "The Roman Dams of Subiaco", Technology and Culture 11 (1): 58–68
- Smith, Norman (1971), A History of Dams, London: Peter Davies, ISBN 0432150900
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