Name
Malafede-Casale Infermeria
Date Range
1 – 200
Monuments
Aqueduct

Seasons

  • AIAC_65 - Malafede-Casale Infermeria - 1992
    The complex comprises two aqueducts that run along a hilly area flanking the fosso Malafede and delimited by two low hills. The excavation was carried out with sample trenches. The two channels run at different heights for the whole of the length examined, one on top of the other under the hills, and parallel where they run close to or above the surface. They were built in sequence, as both sides of the first channel are faced, while only the outside wall of the second is. The earlier aqueduct is lower, 1.30m. wide, with foundations in opus caementicium and outer walls in _opus reticulatum_ and _opus mixtum_, with clear patches and restorations. The channel is lined with _opus signinum_ with quarter-round moldings at the junction of the walls and floor, and is covered with tiles placed a _cappuccino_ where it runs above ground and with masonry below ground. The second aqueduct is in _opus mixtum_, with its channel 1.40 m. wide, and also lined with _opus signinum_. Where it runs along the top of the earlier channel in the points where they enter the hill, the top of the first was reinforced with a saddle in _opus caementicium_. In the same sector two inspection wells were found at ground level: these show the line of the specus as they run underground. The slope measures 1:1000 for the first channel, and 2:1000 for the second. This is sufficient to carry the water between this area and Ostia. The springs which filled them were probably found at Trigoria. (Margherita Bedello Tata)

Media

Name
Malafede-Casale Infermeria
Year
1992
Summary
en The complex comprises two aqueducts that run along a hilly area flanking the fosso Malafede and delimited by two low hills. The excavation was carried out with sample trenches. The two channels run at different heights for the whole of the length examined, one on top of the other under the hills, and parallel where they run close to or above the surface. They were built in sequence, as both sides of the first channel are faced, while only the outside wall of the second is.

The earlier aqueduct is lower, 1.30m. wide, with foundations in opus caementicium and outer walls in _opus reticulatum_ and _opus mixtum_, with clear patches and restorations. The channel is lined with _opus signinum_ with quarter-round moldings at the junction of the walls and floor, and is covered with tiles placed a _cappuccino_ where it runs above ground and with masonry below ground.

The second aqueduct is in _opus mixtum_, with its channel 1.40 m. wide, and also lined with _opus signinum_. Where it runs along the top of the earlier channel in the points where they enter the hill, the top of the first was reinforced with a saddle in _opus caementicium_. In the same sector two inspection wells were found at ground level: these show the line of the specus as they run underground. The slope measures 1:1000 for the first channel, and 2:1000 for the second. This is sufficient to carry the water between this area and Ostia. The springs which filled them were probably found at Trigoria.
(Margherita Bedello Tata)
it Complesso caratterizzato da due acquedotti che attraversavano una vallecola posta lungo il fosso di Malafede e limitata da due basse colline. Lo scavo è stato condotto per saggi. Le due strutture corrono a quote sfalsate per tutti i tratti messi in luce e si scavalcano nei pressi delle collinette per riprendere subito dopo il loro percorso parallelo, in elevato ed in sotterraneo. La costruzione avvenne in stretta sequenza cronologica, come indica la presenza di paramenti su entrambi i lati nella prima struttura e di uno solo sul lato esterno nella seconda.

Il primo acquedotto più basso, presenta una larghezza di circa m. 1,30, fondazioni in cementizio ed alzato in opera reticolata ed opera mista, con presenza di restauri e rappezzi. La copertura della canaletta rivestita in cocciopesto con cordoli alla base è realizzata con tegole disposte a cappuccina nel tratto in elevato e in cementizio in quello interrato.

Il secondo acquedotto in opera mista con canaletta rivestita in cocciopesto presenta una larghezza di circa m. 1,40. Particolarmente interessante è lo scavalcamento dei due acquedotti a nord. In questo settore il secondo acquedotto, posto a quota superiore, scavalca il primo nel punto in cui questo si incunea nel terreno con lo speco, la cui sommità viene protetta, evidentemente per evitare danni in un punto di maggior debolezza, con un "cavaliere" realizzato in opera cementizia. Sempre in questo settore due pozzi di ispezione rinvenuti a quota campagna segnano in superficie l'andamento dei due spechi interrati da qui in poi. Le pendenze degli acquedotti, calcolate in misura dell'1 per mille per il secondo più alto e del 2 per mille per il primo, sono funzionali al trasporto d'acqua a pelo libero tra questa zona ed Ostia. La dislocazione di sorgenti adatte a nutrire i due acquedotti è ipotizzabile in località Trigoria.
Team
Archaeologist - Giuseppe Ceraudo
Archaeologist - Stella Falzone
Archaeologist - Stefania Fogagnolo
Archaeologist - Paola Olivanti
Field director - Margherita Bedello Tata

Media

  • Bedello Tata et al. 1995
    M. Bedello Tata, S. Falzone, S. Fogagnolo, A. Arnoldus-Huyzendveld, 1995, Rinvenimento di un sistema di acquedotti in località Malafede-Infermeria (Acilia), in Quaderni del Centro di Studio per l'Archeologia Etrusco-Italica 24, Archeologia Laziale XII, 2: 429-438.

Location

Location
Acilia
Easting
12.396905877
Northing
41.7881794633
Country
Italy
Admin Level 1
Lazio
Admin Level 2
Rome
Admin Level 3
Rome