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Lauretta Maganzani
Rome had nine aqueducts by the time of Frontinus, our main ancient source on water supply. The first aqueduct was built in the fourth century B.C. and the last one in the first century A.D. These aqueducts used to carry water for many miles in order to provide a crowded urban population with relatively safe and potable water. On this theme, literature is generally vast and thorough, but, in my opinion, juridical problems (especially the ones concerning private law) need to be still further technically expalined. For this reason, some important texts of Justinian's Digest, on aqueducts and water supply to Roman citizens will be re-examined by considering historical, juridical and epigraphic sources on this matter.
