The Aqua Augusta, which was also called the Aqua Alsietina,[1] was an aqueduct supplying ancient Rome. Owing to severe drought, the Emperor Augustus built the Aqua Augusta in or around 33 BC[citation needed] in order to supplement the Aqua Marcia, and then later the Aqua Claudia when required. However, the aqueduct was poorly designed and most of it collapsed in 27 BC.[citation needed]
The aqueduct, perhaps via a branch, also fed the town of Feronia as mentioned in inscriptions found there.[2]
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