Ancient Rome's infrastructure
Roads, aqueducts, sewers. How the Romans built systems that lasted two millennia.
Roman infrastructure was so well built that some of it is still in use 2,000 years later. Their roads, aqueducts, and concrete reveal an engineering mindset we are only now beginning to fully appreciate.
The best single overview: aqueducts, roads, bridges, and concrete in one well-written article.
Eleven aqueducts delivering a thousand cubic meters daily using only gravity. The engineering details are staggering.
400,000 km of roads connecting 113 provinces. Some still in use. The five-layer construction method is described in satisfying detail.
Rome's great sewer, built in the 6th century BC and still partially in use. The least glamorous and most impressive Roman infrastructure.