[Source of the Aqua Traiana found at last?]

Thank you for the additional material Ted, I must say that I'm impressed simply by the fact that you take your time to become a member here and post in the topic.

 

Anyway, do you have any written material about your discovery? I have studied aqueducts for 3 years (I was actually talking a walk/crawl through the aqueduct in Argos just days ago) or so and I would be interested to compare your data to some other sources (that is, if I have any time to spend on anything but my scholarship in Athens).

 

Patrik

 

Hey Patrik,

 

Professor Lorenzo Quilici says:

 

The Aqua Traiana was the penultimate of the eleven great aqueducts which supplied ancient Rome. It was inaugurated on June 24th, 109 A.D. to supply the urban zone of Trastevere and the city at large. It remained continuously functional, save a few interruptions, up to the period of the barbarian sieges, when Goths and Lombards seized and cut it. In the early 1600s, Pope Paul V undertook its restoration in order to guarantee the abundant provision of clean fresh water both to the Vatican and to the

[Source of the Aqua Traiana found at last?]

Hey Crispina,

 

As you think our pictures are wonderful, there's some more here on our "Flickr" site:

 

Roman Aqueduct Hunting in the Twenty-First Century on Flickr

 

My best wishes,

 

Ted O'Neill

Director, Roman Aqueduct Hunting Project

 

 

This story has now been picked up by 'Discovery' who in addition to their article also have quite a good picture gallery of the underground remains of the aqueduct and associated nymphaeum.

 

The pictures are wonderful. So glad you shared the link.

[Source of the Aqua Traiana found at last?]

Hey Guys,

 

I'm glad you're interested in our little discovery. You might also like to view some of the videos we have put up on the Vimeo site.

• A Walk in the Virgo shows our first filming session in Agrippa's Aqua Virgo, Rome's only still functioning Aqueduct after 2000 years.
  

The other videos are concentrated around the Aqua Traiana, and the recent discovery you have read about:

• Aqueduct Hunters One Minute does what it says on the tin, and introduces the subject very quickly if you have a slow internet connection.
  
• Aqueduct Hunters Seven Minute Trailer introduces the subject properly and is similar to the video that we showed at the Press Conference on Thursday.
  
• The Source of Trajan's Aqueduct is a little less polished but has more material, all from the site.
  

Compliments to the webmasters on a really interesting site, and thanks again for your interest.

 

Ted O'Neill

Director, MEON HDTV Productions