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Aniene
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An 1886 German map of the settlements, roads, and aqueducts around ancient Rome. The Aniene is the principal left-hand tributary of the Tiber, joining it in northern Rome.
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The Aniene (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx), formerly known as the Teverone,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. is a 99-kilometer (62 mi) river in Lazio, Italy. It originates in the Apennines at Trevi nel Lazio and flows westward past Subiaco, Vicovaro, and Tivoli to join the Tiber in northern Rome. It formed the principal valley east of ancient Rome and became an important water source as the city's population expanded. The falls at Tivoli were noted for their beauty.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Historic bridges across the river include the Ponte Nomentano, Ponte Mammolo, Ponte Salario, and Ponte di San Francesco, all of which were originally fortified with towers.

Name

The river was known to the Romans as Aniō; this is of unknown etymology, but Francisco Villar Liebana has suggested a root *an- that is found in many river names, such as the Ana (Guadiana) and Anisus (Enns).[1] Plutarch derived the name from a mythical Etruscan king Anius who drowned in the river.[2]

History

Classical antiquity

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File:Cascade of Aniene - Tivoli - 1890.jpg
Cascade of the river Aniene in Tivoli, 1890.

The confluence of the Aniene and Tiber was controlled by Antemnae, a Latin settlement on a hill just to its south. Rome's foundation myths numbered them among the Sabines seized by Romulus but that his wife Hersilia convinced him to make its people Roman citizens after their defeat and annexation around 752 BC.[3]

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Map showing aqueduct sources
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The Aniene in Subiaco.

In antiquity, three principal aqueducts of Rome—the Aqua Anio Vetus, Aqua Anio Novus and Aqua Claudia—had their sources in the Aniene valley. Together with the Aqua Marcia, they were regarded as the "four great aqueducts of Rome".[4] The Aqua Anio Vetus (Latin for "Old Anio aqueduct") was constructed around 270 BC.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The Aqua Anio Novus ("New Anio aqueduct") was begun under Caligula around AD 38 and completed under Claudius in 48.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. A third aqueduct, the Aqua Marcia, was constructed by Q. Marcius Rex between 144 and 140 BC using the proceeds from the destructions of Corinth and Carthage in 146 BC.

The emperor Nero created three lakes on the river for his villa at Subiaco. The largest of these dams was the highest dam in classical antiquity and remained in use until its destruction by a flood in 1305.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Trajan eventually connected the Anio Novus to one of these lakes.[5]

Nineteenth century

A series of floods during the early nineteenth century, especially the most serious one in 1826, prompted Popes Leo XII and Gregory XVI, as sovereigns of the Papal States, to undertake construction works to control the flow of the water. This included canalisation of the river upstream from Tivoli, excavation of a tunnel through Monte Catillo, and a diversion of the river around Tivoli.[6]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Latium". www.asciatopo.altervista.org.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gray, Elisabeth Caroline Hamilton (August 31, 1843). "The History of Etruria by Mrs. Hamilton Gray: Tarchun and his items from the foundation of Tarquinia to the foundation of Rome". J. Hatchard – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Livy. From the Founding of the City. Vol. (I, 11).
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Blackman, Deane R. (1978). "The Volume of Water Delivered by the Four Great Aqueducts of Rome". Papers of the British School at Rome. 46: 52–72. ISSN 0068-2462.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Aicher, Peter J. (1995-01-01). Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0-86516-271-6.
  6. ^ Vallino, Fabienne Charlotte Oräzie and Assanti, Barbara, Unrespected Historic Landscapes: The Case of Today's Latium Reconstructed through the Diaries, Drawings and Paintings by Master Cole between 1831 and 1842, University of Tuscia, published on 28 September 2005, accessed on 26 September 2024

Sources

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