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Volume 97 No. 3
July 1993
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In Tiburtium usum: Special Arrangements in the Roman Water System (Frontinus, Aq. 6.5)
Harry B. Evans
This paper explores arrangements through which the four Roman aqueducts running through Tiburtine territory supplied Tibur itself and villas in the region. Frontinus reports that the Aqua Anio Vetus, the oldest of the Roman lines drawing their water from the upper Anio valley, had a special branch for Tiburtine needs, but the archaeological evidence suggests that the three later aqueducts, the Marcia, Claudia, and Anio Novus, were routed through Tiburtine territory not only to take advantage of the natural topography but also to meet the water requirements of Tibur and the region. Such arrangements, which certainly served private needs in Tiburtine territory, are not inconsistent with deliveries to private consumers in the suburbium closer to the city and also in Rome itself. The evidence therefore indicates that Rome's aqueducts served communities along their courses, in addition to delivering essential supplies to the city itself.
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