Cloaca Maxima

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The Cloaca Maxima was one of ancient Rome’s earliest and largest sewage systems, an engineering marvel that helped drain the city’s low-lying areas and manage wastewater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman sewer
drainage system
engineering structure
architecturalStyle Roman architecture
surface form: Roman engineering
associatedWithDeity Venus Cloacina
surface form: Cloacina
connectedTo Roman Forum
Tiber embankment
Velabrum
coordinateLocation Rome city center
country Italy
culturalSignificance example of early urban sanitation
symbol of Roman engineering skill
drainsInto Tiber
surface form: Tiber River
era Roman Kingdom
Roman Republic
function drainage of low-lying areas
flood control
sewage disposal
hasEngineeringFeature barrel vaults
gravity-fed drainage
stone lining
hasType covered sewer
main outfall sewer
heritageStatus archaeological site
inception 6th century BC
influenced later urban sanitation systems
languageOfName Latin
locatedIn Italy
Rome
Roman Antiquity
surface form: ancient Rome
maintainedDuring Roman Empire
Roman Republic
materialUsed concrete
stone
meaningOfName greatest sewer
notableFor being one of the earliest sewage systems in the world
large scale civil engineering
longevity of use
originallyBuiltUnder Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
surface form: Tarquinius Priscus

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
surface form: Tarquinius Superbus
originalPurpose drainage of the Roman Forum marshes
drainage of the Velabrum
partOf Roman sewer network
infrastructure of ancient Rome
startDate 6th century BC
stillExists true
touristAttraction true
usedBy inhabitants of ancient Rome

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Roman Forum drainedBy Cloaca Maxima
Forum Magnum drainedBy Cloaca Maxima
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus built Cloaca Maxima
this entity surface form: Cloaca Maxima (traditional attribution)
Rione Ripa contains Cloaca Maxima
this entity surface form: Cloaca Maxima outlet area