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Map of central Rome during the time of the Roman Empire, showing Cloaca Maxima in red

The Cloaca Maxima is one of the world's earliest sewage systems. Constructed in Ancient Rome in order to drain local marshes and remove the waste of one of the world's most populous cities, it carried effluent to the River Tiber, which ran beside the city.

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Cloaca Maxima: article in Platner's Topographical ... Cloaca Maxima: article in Platner's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome penelope.uchicago.edu/.../Cloaca_Maxima.html - Web

Pictures taken from inside the Cloaca Maxima Pictures taken from inside the Cloaca Maxima www.sotterraneidiroma.it/index.php - Web

Aquae Urbis Romae: The Waters of the City of Rome,... Aquae Urbis Romae: The Waters of the City of Rome, Katherine W. Rinne www.iath.virginia.edu/rome - Web

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The Waters of Rome: "The Cloaca Maxima and the Mon... The Waters of Rome: "The Cloaca Maxima and the Monumental Manipulation of Water in Archaic Rome" by John N. N. Hopkins www3.iath.virginia.edu/waters/Journal4Hopkins.pdf - Web

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