2018-02-28 0:41 GMT+01:00 François Lacombe <[email protected]>:
> Hi all, > > 2018-02-21 17:25 GMT+01:00 Kevin Kenny <[email protected]>: > >> I think you're right. The Aqua Marcia, Aqua Ano Vetus, Aqua Anio >> Novus, and Aqua Claudia were all known as 'aqueducts' and were systems >> that were tens of km, in canals where possible, but mostly in >> underground conduits. There were pressurized syphons for valley >> crossings. Only the terminal portions of the aqueducts, as they >> approached the City, or crossings of deep valleys, were on arcades - >> but these make the tourist pictures, so people get the incorrect >> impression that 'aqueduct' is synonymous with 'arcade'. >> > > This sounds to be an enough justification to don't use the aqueduct term, > thank you Kevin > on a side note: there's the tag historic=aqueduct for the mentioned ancient Roman aqueducts. Cheers, Martin
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