List of Roman cisterns

The Basilica Cistern in Constantinople provided water for the Imperial Palace.

The list of Roman cisterns offers an overview over Ancient Roman cisterns. Freshwater reservoirs were commonly set up at the termini of aqueducts and their branch lines, supplying urban households, agricultural estates, imperial palaces, thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy.^[1]

Cisterns

	Cistern	Location	Country	Water supply	Width (m)	Length (m)	Clear height (m)	Water depth (m)	Capacity (m³)	Volume (m³)
	Basilica Cistern or Yerebatan Saray	Constantinople	Turkey	Rainwater harvesting	65	138	9		85,000 ^[2]
	Bordj el-Djedid	Zaghouan	Tunisia	Aqueduct of Carthage	39	154.6 (oblong)			25,000 to 30,000 ^[2]
	Cistern of Philoxenos or Binbirdirek Cistern	Constantinople	Turkey	Rainwater harvesting	66	65	14 to 15		32,500 ^[2]
	Theodosius Cistern	Constantinople	Turkey	Rainwater harvesting
	Cistern System at Masada (Northern Cisterns)	Judaean Desert	Israel	Rainwater harvesting					40,000^[3]	40,000^[3]
	Piscina Mirabilis	Bacoli near Misenum	Italy	Serino Aqueduct	25 ^[4] (27 ^[2])	66 ^[4] (72 ^[2])	10.3 ^[4] (±10 ^[2])	7.5 ^[4] (? ^[2])	10,700 ^[4] (12,600 ^[2])	14,300 ^[4] (? ^[2])
	Roman cisterns	Fermo	Italy	Rainwater harvesting	30	70	6	0,70	3,000	10,000 ^[4]
	Grotta Dragonara	Bacoli near Misenum	Italy	Rainwater harvesting	70 ^[4] (6 ^[5])	72 ^[4] (60 ^[5])	9.5 ^[4] (? ^[5])	4.5 ^[4] (? ^[5])	7,700 ^[4] (? ^[5])	11,900 ^[4] (? ^[5])
	Il Cisternone	Albano	Italy							10,132 ^[6]
	Cisternone Romano	Formia	Italy		25	65	6.5			8,000 ^[2]
	Aïn Mizeb	Thugga	Tunisia	Aqueduct						9,000
File:P6212581 dougga.jpg	Aïn El Hammam	Thugga	Tunisia	Aqueduct						6,000
	Cripta Romana	Cumae	Italy	Serino Aqueduct	31	38	8.0	3.0	2,100	5,300 ^[4]
	Piscina Cardito, Southern Reservoir	Puteoli	Italy	Campanian Aqueduct^[7]	16	55	6.0	4.5^{[B 1]}	4,000^{[B 1]}	5,300 ^[4]
	Piscina Lusciano	Puteoli	Italy	Serino Aqueduct	25	27	6.5	4.0^{[B 1]}	2,700^{[B 1]}	4,400 ^[4]
	Tunnel Cistern^{[A 1]}	Baiae	Italy	Rainwater harvesting	3.5	300	3.0	2.0	2,100	2,800 ^[4]^{[B 1]}
	Cento Camerelle, Upper Reservoir	Misenum	Italy	Rainwater harvesting	18	23	7.8	5.5	2,000	2,450 ^[4]
	Cento Camerelle	Puteoli	Italy	Campanian Aqueduct?	7	70	5.2	2.0	850	2,000 ^[4]
	Cento Camerelle, Lower Reservoir^{[A 1]}	Misenum	Italy	Rainwater harvesting	2	160	4.0	3.0	960	1,100 ^[4]^{[B 1]}
	Piscina Cardito, Northern Reservoir	Puteoli	Italy	Campanian Aqueduct^[7]	8	34	?	1.3^{[B 1]}	350^{[B 1]}	? ^[4]
	Domitian's Villa ^[6]	Albano	Italy		11	123
	Villa Jovis	Capri	Italy

Notes

^ ^a ^b Estimated values

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Excavated parts

References

^ Döring 2002, pp. 310–319
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j De Feo, Giovanni & De Gisi, Sabino & Malvano, Carmela & De Biase, O. (2010). The Greatest Water Reservoirs in the Ancient Roman World and the “Piscina Mirabilis” in Misenum. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply. vol. 10, issue 3, pp 350–358. Publication by IWA Publishing, 2010.
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Sources

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[est-9] Estimated values

[exc-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Excavated parts

[1] Döring 2002, pp. 310–319

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