Cloaca Maxima

Japanese: Cloaca Maxima(英語表記)CloacaMaxima
Cloaca Maxima

…In ancient Rome, systematic urban development led to the development of sewers, including in the colonies of the Roman Empire. The most famous sewer is the Cloaca Maxima, which still exists in Rome. It was built as a large sewer around 600 BC when the city was built, and became an arched covered sewer in the 5th century BC. It is about 4.2 meters high and 3.3 meters wide, and has been repaired many times since then, and is still used as part of the sewer system in Rome today. …

From Rome

…This may be a characteristic of Rome as a slave society. The construction of public facilities for urban space dates back to the monarchy, and the Cloaca Maxima, a large drainage channel said to have been built during the time of King Tarquinius Superbus, diverted the water from the marshes in the northeast of Rome into the Tiber River, creating the Forum Romanum, Rome's central square. During the Republican period that followed, public works expanded dramatically in tandem with the Roman state's expansion into foreign lands. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Cloaca Maxima" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古代ローマ時代になると系統的な都市づくりが行われたために,ローマ帝国領内の植民都市も含めて下水道が発達した。もっとも有名な下水道はローマに現存するクロアカ・マクシマCloaca Maximaと呼ばれるもので,前600年ころ都市建設に伴い大下水溝として築造され,前5世紀からアーチ状の有蓋式下水道となった。高さ約4.2m,幅3.3mもあり,その後いくども修築されて現在でもローマ市下水道の一部として利用されている。…

【ローマ】より

…奴隷制社会としてのローマの特質というべきかもしれない。 都市空間のための公共設備建設は王政期にさかのぼり,タルクイニウス・スペルブス王時代と伝えられる大排水溝クロアカ・マクシマCloaca Maximaはローマ市北東部の沼沢の水をテベレ川に導いてローマ中央広場フォルム・ロマヌムを誕生させた。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。…

※「Cloaca Maxima」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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