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{{Landmarks Infobox
|image = Cloaca_Maxima.png
|description = Rome's sewer system.
||location = [[Campagna District]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = Circa 600 BCE
|functions = Sewer
|features = [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]]
|events =
|commissioner =  Tarquinius}}
The '''Cloaca Maxima''' (English: ''Greatest Sewer'') is one of the world's earliest sewage systems, constructed in ancient [[Rome]]. Its remains survive to this day and it is partly still in use.


The '''Cloaca Maxima''' is a location in [[Rome]] and the city's primary
==History==
The Cloaca Maxima was one of the world's first major sewage systems. Records suggest it was first built as early as 600 BCE under order of King [[Lucius Tarquinius Priscus|Tarquinius]] of Rome. Aside from taking sewage away from the city, it is widely accepted that the Cloaca was used to drain the once swampy location of the [[Roman Forum]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Database: Cloaca Maxima]]</ref>


[[File:300px-040227_tevere16CloacaMaxima.jpg|frame|The Cloaca Maxima as it appears today.]]
During the [[Renaissance]], the Cloaca Maxima had been taken over by the [[Followers of Romulus]], and turned into one of their [[Lair of Romulus|lairs]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''</ref>


sewer system. It was constructed in 600 BC as a way to remove water from the marshes, and to offer a place to dispose of human waste making it one of the most innovative pieces of infrastructure of its time.
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''


Slaves were initially responsible for completing this major job, some ending their own lives to avoid the grueling and painful work.
==References==
 
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The location appears as a [http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Secret_locations Secret Location] in [http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Assassin's_Creed:_Brotherhood ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''.]
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Latest revision as of 23:07, 14 October 2021

The Cloaca Maxima (English: Greatest Sewer) is one of the world's earliest sewage systems, constructed in ancient Rome. Its remains survive to this day and it is partly still in use.

History[edit | edit source]

The Cloaca Maxima was one of the world's first major sewage systems. Records suggest it was first built as early as 600 BCE under order of King Tarquinius of Rome. Aside from taking sewage away from the city, it is widely accepted that the Cloaca was used to drain the once swampy location of the Roman Forum.[1]

During the Renaissance, the Cloaca Maxima had been taken over by the Followers of Romulus, and turned into one of their lairs.[2]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Assassin's Creed: BrotherhoodDatabase: Cloaca Maxima
  2. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood