The incredible engineering of Roman aqueducts

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The Romans were master engineers, and this was especially visible in the incredible engineering of their aqueducts. The Aqua Claudia for example, completed under Emperor Claudius, supplied Rome with 192000 cubic meters of fresh water per day, brought to the city from a distance of 69 kilometers. At its highest point, this imposing aqueduct, rose to an incredible 37 meters above ground, near the Palatine Hill. But aqueduct constructions in other parts of the empire were even more insane. The aqueduct supplying the city of Decapolis with water had a section 106 kilometers long, dug through a mountain. This is the longest known tunnel of antiquity. To make it even crazier, the tunnel has an inclination of only 1 meter per 5 kilometers. Even today, this would be a challenging feat, and modern measuring equipment would be needed to construct a tunnel with such an extremely low inclination. Or the 50 kilometer length aqueduct that supplied Nemausus, modern day Nimes with water. This aqueduct's average gradient was also extremely low with 1 in 3000, something that would pose a real engineering challenge even today!