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Aqua Crabra

Coordinates:41°47′53.66″N12°42′38.56″E/ 41.7982389°N 12.7107111°E/41.7982389; 12.7107111
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Fragment of a plan showing the water distribution near Tusculum,CILVI, 1261.

Aqua Crabrawas aRoman aqueductsupplyingvillasin the hinterland of the ancient town ofTusculum.

The Aqua Crabra is described byCiceroin his treatiseDe Lege Agraria( "On the Agrarian Law" ) where we learn it supplied his villa near Tusculum.[1][2]

The aqueduct is also attested in the text ofFrontinus.[3][4] The Crabra is sometimes referred to as Aqua Mariana or Aqua Maranna del Maria.[5]

The evidence offered byCILVI, 1261was interpreted byMommsento be connected with the Aqua Crabra, even though there is no specific mention of it in the fragmentary text.[6]

Archaeological discoveries announced in December 2014 in conjunction with Rome'sMetro Cexcavations have been preliminarily linked with the Aqua Crabra. This discovery consists of a large hydraulic reservoir, perhaps the largest known from the ancient city, along with awater wheeland agricultural implements.[7][8]

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  1. ^Cic.De Lege Agraria3.9.7http://latin.packhum.org/loc/474/11/25/3151-3162
  2. ^Annalisa Marzano (2007).Roman Villas in Central Italy: A Social and Economic History.BRILL. pp. 167–.ISBN90-04-16037-X.
  3. ^Frontin. 9.4.1http://latin.packhum.org/loc/1245/2/0#0
  4. ^Harry B. Evans (1997).Water Distribution in Ancient Rome: The Evidence of Frontinus.University of Michigan Press. pp. 61–.ISBN0-472-08446-1.
  5. ^Strother Ancrum Smith (1877).The Tiber and Its Tributaries: Their Natural History and Classical Associations.Longmans, Green, and Company. pp. 21–.
  6. ^Cynthia Bannon (1 January 2009).Gardens and Neighbors: Private Water Rights in Roman Italy.University of Michigan Press. pp. 80–.ISBN0-472-02564-3.
  7. ^"Down on the farm: Dig for Rome subway finds ancient ag business with pitchfork, waterwheel"U.S. News & World Report3 December 2014https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2014/12/03/work-on-rome-subway-digs-up-ancient-farm-tools
  8. ^"Largest ancient Roman water basin uncovered Massive structure dates back to 3rd century BC"ANSA3 December 2014http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2014/12/03/largest-ancient-roman-water-basin-uncovered_45e03972-aedf-4899-8c3e-ea6b21a180fb.html

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