Cloaca Maxima
Title
Cloaca Maxima
Date
ca. 600 BCE
Identifier
5616
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Subject
sewers (drainage structures)
arches
Description
View of arch from the Cloaca Maxima in Rome, Italy. "Cloaca Maxima: the stream that drains all the valleys between the Quirinal and Esquiline hills, running through the middle of the Forum Romanum on a northeast/southwest course and emptying into the Tiber a little below the east end of the island ... Except for the Braccio Morto, the walls of part of which are of cappellaccio, the lower course has walls of squared blocks of Gabine stone, a floor of selce paving, and a vaulted roof of concrete and brickfaced concrete,"--Digital Roman Forum (UCLA) website.
Material/Medium
concrete
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
40
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
GPB-ROM1-1361
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