Aqua Augusta (Naples)
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The Aqua Augusta, or Serino Aqueduct, was one of the largest, most complex and costliest aqueduct systems in the Roman world; it supplied water to at least eight ancient cities in the Bay of Naples in
End of the aqueduct at Cape Misenum
Twin aqueduct tunnels at Pozzuoli
At the Crypta Neapolitana Roman road tunnel
The spur from the Aqua Augusta entering the castellum aquae in Pompeii
Pompeii (novel)
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Pompeii is a novel by Robert Harris, published by Random House in 2003. It blends historical fiction with the real-life eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD, which overwhelmed the town of Pom
Aqua Augusta (Naples)
…has been identified uphill from via Foria in the “Miracoli” district where the channel runs underground for 220 m. It features prominently in the novel Pompeii by Robert Harris, whose protagonist is a water engineer ("Aquarius") sent from Rome to maintain the aqueduct in AD 79 during the time around the eruption…
First edition (UK)