Chapter 15: Rome's Decline and Legacy
An Illustrated Map
Use the Internet to research the locations of Roman aqueducts. Make an illustrated map of the Roman Empire that shows their locations.
- Display an image of the aqueduct located at each location.
- Identify the location by city and modern-day country.
- Document your sources.
Internet Resources
- Aqueducts
- Site from Kentucky Educational Television about the history and construction of Roman aqueducts. Includes photos of many existing aqueducts.
- http://www.dl.ket.org/latin3/mores/aqua/index.htm
- Waters of the City of Rome
- Interactive maps show the water system of ancient Rome during various time periods. From the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.
- http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/waters/first.html
- The Roman Aqueduct of Metz
- Site describing why and how the aqueduct in Metz, France, was constructed.
- http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/ia57/jussy/netsco/English/accueil.htm
- Roman Aqueducts
- A list of more than 600 Roman aqueducts by country, giving their present location and their Roman name. From the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
- http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/wilke/aqualib/aqualit.htm