Sources
National Geographic Society. "Roman Aqueducts." National Geographic Society. July 03, 2018. Accessed May 01, 2019. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/roman-aqueducts/.
I chose this source because it shows an intact aqueduct and gives a sense of how much time and effort went into building them.
Frontinus, Sextus Julius. "Sextus Julius Frontinus: The Aqueducts of Rome." LacusCurtius • Frontinus on the Water Supply of Rome. Accessed May 01, 2019. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Frontinus/De_Aquis/text*.html.
I chose this source because it was written firsthand by a roman civil engineer who described the history and in-depth details about the aqueducts.
Cunliffe, Barry W., Brian Brake, and Leonard Von. Matt. Rome and Her Empire: With the Collaboration of Photographers Brian Brake and Leonard Von Matt. Designed by Emil M. Bührer. London: Bodley Head, 1978.
I found this source at the Normandale library. In the book, there’s a few sections that talk about the water, baths, and aqueducts in Rome, and it included some maps that showed where the aqueducts were located within the city.
"Aqueduct." In The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 4th ed., edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, 278-279. Vol. 1. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2008. Gale Virtual Reference Library (accessed May 2, 2019). http://link.galegroup.com.ndcproxy.mnpals.net/apps/doc/CX2830100163/GVRL?u=mnanorman&sid=GVRL&xid=124f5cdd.
I chose this source because it included an overview of the history of the aqueducts.
"Watering Ancient Rome." PBS. Accessed May 01, 2019. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/roman-aqueducts/.
I chose this source because it had a lot written that would help support my thesis, including information about the population and how water moved in and out of the city.
Rodà, Isabel. "Aqueducts: Quenching Rome's Thirst." National Geographic. November 15, 2016. Accessed May 01, 2019. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2016/11-12/roman-aqueducts-engineering-innovation/.
I chose this source because it gave a timeline of the aqueducts and when they were constructed. It also discussed how vital the aqueducts were to ancient Rome.
Castaneda, Angelina. "Roman Aqueducts." Meetingwater. April 15, 2012. Accessed May 12, 2019. https://meetingwater.wordpress.com/angelina-castaneda/roman-aqueducts/.
This source had information on how the aqueducts were built and some of the difficulties of building them.