• 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...
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    the town that developed nearby. The biggest of the three Subiaco Dams was then the highest dam in the world until its destruction in 1305. After the fall...
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    many dams for water collection, such as the Subiaco dams, two of which fed Anio Novus, the largest aqueduct supplying Rome. One of the Subiaco dams was...
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    relative abundance of Spanish dams below is due partly to more intensive field work there; for Italy only the Subiaco Dams, created by emperor Nero (54–68...
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    la Cuba Dam is a Roman gravity dam in Almonacid de la Cuba, Zaragoza province, Aragon, Spain, dating to the 1st century AD. List of Roman dams and reservoirs...
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  • dams, arranged by continent and country. Djorf Torba Dam Keddara Dam Koudiat Acerdoune Dam Meraldene Dam boughrara Dam Beni Bahdel Dam Mafrouch Dam Sikak...
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    downstream List of Roman dams and reservoirs Roman architecture Roman engineering All values refer to the original ancient dam. Smith 1971, pp. 39f.; Schnitter...
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    Muel. In 2012, it was designated as a Cultural Heritage Site. List of Roman dams and reservoirs Roman architecture Roman engineering Arenillas & Castillo...
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    They introduced reservoir dams, arch-gravity dams, arch dams, buttress dams, and multiple arch buttress dams. In Iran, bridge dams were used for hydropower...
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    the pressure of the earth fill when the water was low, since, unlike later dams, it was not buttressed on the upstream side. The remains of Toledo's Roman...
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