Appian Aqueduct

Japanese: アッピア水道 - あっぴあすいどう

...In the Republican period that followed, public works made a great progress in tandem with the Roman state's expansion abroad. The discontinuous trenches surrounding the city of Rome were replaced by a wall over 4.5m wide and 8.5m high (the so-called Servian Walls, 378 BC) after the Gauls plundered them. In the second half of the 4th century BC, when the conquest of the Italian peninsula began following the conquest of Latium, the construction of a radial military road network (the Appian Way, dating from 312 BC, is the oldest) and a water supply system (the Aqua Appia, dating from 312 BC, is the oldest, but underground) also began.

From the Roman Aqueduct

…One of the greatest achievements in the history of Roman culture in terms of architecture and hygiene. The oldest aqueducts in Rome were the Aqua Appia (312 BC) and the Aqua Annio Vetus (272 BC), based on knowledge of drainage ditches dug into the valleys of Latium, learned from the Etruscans. Later, eleven aqueducts were built in the city of Rome, including the Aqua Alexandriana, which was completed in 226. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Appian Aqua" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…つづく共和政期に公共事業はローマ国家の対外進出と軌を一にして飛躍的展開をみせた。ローマ市を囲む不連続な塹壕線はガリア人による劫掠を機に幅4.5m，高さ8.5mを超す城壁に替えられ(いわゆる〈セルウィウスの城壁〉，前378)，ラティウム地方制圧に続いてイタリア半島征服が始まる前4世紀後半には，ローマ市を中心とする放射線状の軍用道路網(前312年のアッピア街道が最古)や上水道(前312年のアッピア水道Aqua Appiaが最古。ただし地下式)の敷設も緒についた。…

【ローマ水道】より

…建築学･衛生学上，ローマの文化史上最大の業績の一つ。ローマ最古の水道はアッピア水道(前312)とアニオ･ウェトゥス水道(前272)であるが，その基礎にはエトルリア人から学んだ，ラティウムの谷底をうがつ排水溝の知識があった。その後，ローマの町には226年完成のアレクサンドリアナ水道まで11個の水道が設けられた。…

※「アッピア水道」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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