CBH Aqueducts

Question 1

What man built Rome’s first Aqueduct, the Aqua Appia?

Answer 1

Appius Claudius Caecus

Question 2

What aqueduct, which was built in 312 BCE, was Rome’s first?

Answer 2

Aqua Appia

Question 3

What aqueduct was built in 272 BCE?

Answer 3

Anio Vetus

Question 4

Which aqueduct was paid for by the spoils from Carthage and Corinth?

Answer 4

Aqua Marcia

Question 5

Which aqueduct was built by Quintus Marcius Rex?

Answer 5

Aqua Marcia

Question 6

Which aqueduct remained in use until the 10th century?

Answer 6

Aqua Marcia

Question 7

What aqueduct was built by 125 BCE?

Answer 7

Aqua Tepula

Question 8

What aqueduct’s waters were described by Frontinus as “lukewarm”?

Answer 8

Aqua Tepula

Question 9

What aqueduct was built in 33 BCE by Agrippa?

Answer 9

Aqua Iulia

Question 10

What aqueduct was built in 19 BCE by Agrippa?

Answer 10

Aqua Virgo

Question 11

What aqueduct, whose waters were used to supply naumachiae, were built in 2 BCE?

Answer 11

Aqua Augusta

Question 12

What aqueduct, whose arches formed the Porta Maggiore, was built by Claudius?

Answer 12

Aqua Claudia

Question 13

What aqueduct, built by Claudius, followed the same area as the Aqua Claudia?

Answer 13

Anio Novus

Question 14

What aqueduct was built by Trajan in 109 CE?

Answer 14

Aqua Traiana

Question 15

What aqueduct was built by Caracalla to supply his baths?

Answer 15

Aqua Antoniniana

Question 16

What aqueduct was built by 226 CE by Alexander Severus to supply the rebuilt baths of Nero?

Answer 16

Aqua Alexandrina