Visual Timeline: Roman Engineering

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321 BCE: The Via Appia, a famous Roman road, is constructed.
 
 
312 BCE: Rome's first aqueduct constructed, the 16 km long Aqua Appia.
 
 
144 BCE - 140 BCE: Rome's 91 km long Aqua Marcia aqueduct constructed.
 
 
20 BCE: Military engineer and architect Vitruvius publishes his "De Architectura".
 
20 BCE: The Campus Martius baths in Rome are constructed and donated to the people by Agrippa.
 
41 CE: Roman emperor Claudius builds a 6 km tunnel to drain the Fucine Lake.
 
50 CE: The largest Roman aqueduct, 49 m high, completed at Pont du Gard.
 
 
72 CE: Vespasian begins construction of the Colosseum in Rome.
 
110 CE: The Baths of Trajan in Rome are completed.
 
 
122 CE: Construction begins on Hadrian's Wall.
 
 
125 CE: The Pantheon is completed in Rome.
 
235 CE: The Baths of Caracalla in Rome are completed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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