Random Roman Canals (23 items)report

• [Planning date]: c. 54–68 AD
  [Connection]: Isthmus of Corinth (modern Corinth Canal)
  [Canal type]: Coast to coast
  [Comment]: To avoid long and dangerous circumnavigation of the Peloponnese peninsula; several abandoned building projects in antiquity aimed at replacing Diolkos trackway; serious work begun by Nero, but aborted after his death
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• [Construction date]: 101 AD
  [Connection]: Danube bypass canal
  [Canal type]: Inland
  [Comment]: To safely negotiate the cataracts of the Iron Gate; once traceable on Serbian bank (Sip) on a length of 3,220 m
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• [Construction date]: 2nd–6th century AD
  [Connection]: Danube bypass canal
  [Canal type]: Inland
  [Comment]: According to Procopius for allowing the safe passage past the remains of Trajan's Bridge which obstructed river navigation; dug on Serbian side (Kladovo)
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• [Planning date]: 55 AD
  [Connection]: Saône–Moselle (modern Canal de l'Est)
  [Canal type]: Inland
  [Comment]: Another ambitious project: would have connected Mediterranean Sea with North Sea via Rhone, Saône, Moselle and Rhine; presupposes capacity to construct pound locks though, for which there is as yet no certain evidence; yet, plan finally dropped not due to technological reasons, but political intrigues
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• [Construction date]: 2nd century BC
  [Connection]: Bologna, Piacenza and Cremona areas
  [Canal type]: Drainage
  [Comment]: Built by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus to drain lower Po area
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• [Construction date]: ?
  [Connection]: Narbonne–River Aude
  [Canal type]: Inland to coast
  [Comment]: Made Narbonne accessible from Mediterranean; 13 km long
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