Cloaca Maxima

archaeological site · 30 BC – 300 AD

The Cloaca Maxima drained the valley of the Forum Romanum. The sewer originates as a canalized drain in the late sixth century BCE. It would eventually be vaulted and interred. It drains into the Tiber River.

Cloaca Maxima
Coordinates
41.88883, 12.48024
Dating
attested

Sources

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