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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Ancient Roman engineering (redirect from Ancient Roman dams)
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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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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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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several films. Attacks on dams were restricted in Article 56 of the 1977 Protocol I amendment to the Geneva Conventions. Dams may not be lawfully attacked...
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Ancient Roman architecture (section Dams)
integrated into their dam designs. Previously unknown dam types introduced by the Romans include arch-gravity dams, arch dams, buttress dams, and multiple-arch...
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to have been built. The Romans built many dams and reservoirs for water collection, such as the Subiaco Dams, two of which fed the Anio Novus, one of the...
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Smith, Norman (1971), A History of Dams, London: Peter Davies, pp. 43f, ISBN 0-432-15090-0 Media related to Cornalvo Dam at Wikimedia Commons v t e v t e...
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