Zaghouan-Carthage aqueduct
Acueducto de Zaghouan a Cartago
- Date
- c. 130 · confidence medium
- Place
- Zaghouan, Tunisia
- Credited to
- Roman engineers (Hadrianic period)
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A conduit of about 130 km carrying water from the Zaghouan and Jouggar springs to the cisterns of Carthage, with arcades, bridges and a water temple at its source. It is one of the largest hydraulic works of the Roman Empire.
It is attributed to Hadrian's reign, who visited Africa in 128, with works continuing under Antoninus Pius; its length, about 132 km, depends on how the branches are measured.
What it led to
- supply of the Antonine Baths and of a great African city
- later rehabilitations under the Aghlabids, Hafsids and Ottomans
- a model of Roman hydraulic engineering in North Africa