The list of Roman cisterns offers an overview over Ancient Roman cisterns. Freshwater reservoir were commonly set up at the termini of aqueducts and their branch lines, supplying urban households, agricultural estates, imperial palaces, thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy.[1]
Cistern | Location | Country | Water supply | Width (m) |
Length (m) |
Clear height (m) |
Water depth (m) |
Capacity (m³) |
Volume (m³) | |
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Basilica Cistern | Constantinople | Turkey | 80,000 | ||||||
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Cistern of Philoxenos | Constantinople | Turkey | |||||||
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Theodosius Cistern | Constantinople | Turkey | |||||||
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Piscina Mirabilis | Misenum | Italy | Serino Aqueduct | 25 | 166 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 10,700 | 14,300 [2] |
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Roman cisterns | Fermo | Italy | rainwater | 30 | 170 | 6 | 0,70 | 3,000 | 10,000 [2] |
Grotta Dragonara | Misenum | Italy | Rainwater? | 70 | 172 | 19.5 | 4.5 | 17,700 | 11,900 [2] | |
Il Cisternone | Albano | Italy | 10,132 [3] | |||||||
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Aïn Mizeb | Thugga | Tunisia | Aqueduct | 19,000 | |||||
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Aïn El Hammam | Thugga | Tunisia | Aqueduct | 16,000 | |||||
Cripta Romana | Cumae | Italy | Serino Aqueduct | 31 | 138 | 18.0 | 3.0 | 12,100 | 15,300 [2] | |
Piscina Cardito, Southern Reservoir |
Puteoli | Italy | Campanian Aqueduct | 16 | 155 | 16.0 | 4.5[B 1] | 14,000[B 1] | 15,300 [2] | |
Piscina Lusciano | Puteoli | Italy | Serino Aqueduct | 25 | 127 | 16.5 | 4.0[B 1] | 12,700[B 1] | 14,400 [2] | |
Tunnel Cistern[A 1] | Baiae | Italy | Rainwater | 13.5 | 300 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 12,100 | 12,800 [2][B 1] | |
Cento Camerelle, Upper Reservoir |
Misenum | Italy | Rainwater | 18 | 123 | 17.8 | 5.5 | 12,000 | 12,450 [2] | |
Cento Camerelle | Puteoli | Italy | Campanian Aqueduct? | 17 | 170 | 15.2 | 2.0 | 11850 | 12,000 [2] | |
Cento Camerelle, Lower Reservoir[A 1] |
Misenum | Italy | Rainwater | 12 | 160 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 11960 | 11,100 [2][B 1] | |
Piscina Cardito, Northern Reservoir |
Puteoli | Italy | Campanian Aqueduct | 18 | 134 | 1? | 1.3[B 1] | 11350[B 1] | 1? [2] | |
Domitian's Villa [3] | Albano | Italy | 11 | 123 | ||||||
Villa Jovis | Capri | Italy | ||||||||
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