Cloaca Maxima

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The Cloaca Maxima was one of ancient Rome’s earliest and largest sewage systems, an engineering marvel that helped drain the city’s low-lying areas and manage wastewater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman sewer ⓘ
drainage system ⓘ
engineering structure ⓘ
architecturalStyle Roman engineering ⓘ
linked to: Roman architecture
associatedWithDeity Cloacina ⓘ
linked to: Venus Cloacina
connectedTo Roman Forum ⓘ
Tiber embankment ⓘ
Velabrum ⓘ
coordinateLocation Rome city center ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalSignificance example of early urban sanitation ⓘ
symbol of Roman engineering skill ⓘ
drainsInto Tiber River ⓘ
linked to: Tiber
era Roman Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
function drainage of low-lying areas ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
sewage disposal ⓘ
hasEngineeringFeature barrel vaults ⓘ
gravity-fed drainage ⓘ
stone lining ⓘ
hasType covered sewer ⓘ
main outfall sewer ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
inception 6th century BC ⓘ
influenced later urban sanitation systems ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
maintainedDuring Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
materialUsed concrete ⓘ
stone ⓘ
meaningOfName greatest sewer ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest sewage systems in the world ⓘ
large scale civil engineering ⓘ
longevity of use ⓘ
originallyBuiltUnder Tarquinius Priscus ⓘ
Tarquinius Superbus ⓘ
originalPurpose drainage of the Roman Forum marshes ⓘ
drainage of the Velabrum ⓘ
partOf Roman sewer network ⓘ
infrastructure of ancient Rome ⓘ
startDate 6th century BC ⓘ
stillExists true ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedBy inhabitants of ancient Rome ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Forum → drainedBy → Cloaca Maxima ⓘ
Forum Magnum → drainedBy → Cloaca Maxima ⓘ
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus → built → Cloaca Maxima (traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Cloaca Maxima
Rione Ripa → contains → Cloaca Maxima outlet area ⓘ
linked to: Cloaca Maxima
Venus Cloacina → associatedWith → Cloaca Maxima ⓘ
Venus Cloacina → cultCenter → Cloaca Maxima ⓘ
Roman engineering → notableWork → Cloaca Maxima ⓘ