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Schörner, Hadwiga (2000): "Künstliche
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where feasible. This list focuses on the larger canals, particularly navigational canals, as recorded by
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Froriep, Siegfried (1986): "Ein
Wasserweg in Bithynien. Bemühungen der Römer, Byzantiner und Osmanen",
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Redmount, Carol A. (1995): "The Wadi
Tumilat and the 'Canal of the Pharaohs'",
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Gardner (1950): "Three Canal Projects, Roman and Byzantine",
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Excavation of a section of the Bourne-Morton canal in Morton Fen.
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1652:Lists of ancient Roman buildings and structures
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1281:Grewe, Klaus (2008): "Tunnels and Canals", in:
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1344:Handbook of Ancient Water Technology
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1321:, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 331–342
1029:Record-holding canals in antiquity
757:, eventually discharging into the
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1305:, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 97–111
1149:White 1984, pp. 227–229, table 6
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120:too secured the entrance to the
1366:Journal of Near Eastern Studies
1326:Les ponts romains du Bas-Danube
1312:, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 28–43
1302:American Journal of Archaeology
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1203:D.Trimble (1993),
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139:
104:
96:water supply
59:
57:
15:
1276:Antike Welt
986:pound locks
947:Peloponnese
921:Roman miles
893:Planned by
867:Canal type
864:Connection
787:Canal type
784:Connection
698:Canal type
695:Connection
674:Navigation
649:River Trent
629:River Nene–
611:River Ouse–
566:Canal type
563:Connection
500:Rhine dyke
449:Canal type
446:Connection
372:Fos-sur-Mer
353:Canal type
350:Connection
234:Forum Appii
157:Canal type
154:Connection
130:pound locks
110:canal locks
46:Remains of
1641:Categories
1536:Watermills
1035:References
613:River Nene
585:River Ouse
84:navigation
68:irrigation
58:This is a
1567:Fountains
1552:Aqueducts
1501:Monoliths
1466:Basilicas
1461:Aqueducts
832:Procopius
812:Iron Gate
731:Ptolemaic
657:Foss Dyke
617:Drainage
594:Drainage
581:River Cam
518:in 70 AD
506:Built by
488:North Sea
386:Built by
324:Drainage
275:Built by
251:Via Appia
242:Drainage
238:Terracina
219:Built by
216:Drainage
184:Built by
181:Drainage
1577:Obelisks
1521:Theatres
1486:Cisterns
1481:Circuses
1023:See also
974:(modern
935:(modern
870:Comment
790:Comment
747:Pelusiac
701:Comment
589:Car Dyke
569:Comment
497:c. 9 BC
452:Comment
436:Germania
412:Narbonne
356:Comment
279:to link
277:Augustus
207:Piacenza
160:Comment
72:drainage
30:and the
1562:Bridges
1471:Bridges
1342:(ed.):
1310:Skyllis
1285:(ed.):
1269:Sources
995:111 AD
981:Inland
972:Moselle
955:Diolkos
909:–Ostia
907:Puteoli
840:Kladovo
827:Inland
807:Inland
798:101 AD
763:Arsinoe
755:Belbeis
751:Babylon
743:Red Sea
717:Red Sea
599:Fenland
553:Britain
541:Inland
516:Civilis
503:Inland
484:Frisian
400:Teutons
390:across
364:101 BC
281:Ravenna
264:Ferrara
211:Cremona
203:Bologna
122:Red Sea
34:on the
1476:Canals
1350:
1293:
964:55 AD
873:Refs.
802:Danube
793:Refs.
774:Moesia
739:Trajan
704:Refs.
572:Refs.
528:Rhine–
525:47 AD
468:IJssel
460:12 BC
455:Refs.
388:Marius
359:Refs.
213:areas
173:Modena
163:Refs.
136:Canals
118:Trajan
38:coast.
1511:Roofs
1496:Domes
968:Saône
886:Ostia
735:locks
685:Egypt
530:Meuse
464:Rhine
396:Arles
368:Rhone
268:Padua
192:area
177:Parma
144:Italy
126:Cairo
64:Roman
36:Dutch
32:Meuse
28:Rhine
1348:ISBN
1291:ISBN
895:Nero
882:Rome
713:Nile
416:Aude
392:Crau
340:Gaul
209:and
82:and
48:Nero
22:The
761:at
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