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The '''Aquedotto Claudio''' was an [[aqueduct]] that supplied the city of [[Rome]], [[Italy]] during antiquity. | The '''Aquedotto Claudio''' (Latin: ''Aqua Claudia'') was an [[aqueduct]] that supplied the city of [[Rome]], [[Italy]] during antiquity. | ||
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The Aqueduct of Claudius appears in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', which is set in Rome. Like all landmarks in the game, it is referred to by its Italian name in the [[database]]. However, it is called "Acquedotto Claudia", which is a grammatical error because ''[[wikt:acquedotto|acquedotto]]'' is a masculine noun, and the feminine name ''[[wikt:Claudia]]'' must be {{wiki|Inflection|masculinized}} to agree with its {{wiki|grammatical gender}}. The proper form is "Acquedotto Claudio". The error may have stemmed from the Latin name of the aqueduct being ''Aqua Claudia''. | The Aqueduct of Claudius appears in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', which is set in Rome. Like all landmarks in the game, it is referred to by its Italian name in the [[database]]. However, it is called "[[Database: Acquedotto Claudia|Acquedotto Claudia]]", which is a grammatical error because ''[[wikt:acquedotto|acquedotto]]'' is a masculine noun, and the feminine name ''[[wikt:Claudia|Claudia]]'' must be {{wiki|Inflection|masculinized}} to agree with its {{wiki|grammatical gender}}. The proper form is "Acquedotto Claudio". The error may have stemmed from the Latin name of the aqueduct being ''Aqua Claudia''. | ||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
Revision as of 03:33, 11 December 2021
The Aquedotto Claudio (Latin: Aqua Claudia) was an aqueduct that supplied the city of Rome, Italy during antiquity.
History
Construction of the aqueduct began under the Roman Emperor Caligula in 38 CE. He was assassinated, however, by Leonius in 41 CE, before he could see his project to fruition. The aqueduct was later completed in 52 CE under Emperor Claudius.[1]
Upon its completion, the aqueduct provided water for all 14 districts of Rome, before becoming unused throughout the years that followed, during the reign of Emperor Nero while he built his Golden Palace. After the palace's completion, the water returned.[2] In the years that followed, the aqueduct underwent various restorations, by Emperor Vespasian in 71 CE and Emperor Titus in 81 CE.[1]
Several sections along the aqueduct, all of which could be found in Rome's Antico district, were in disrepair by the early 16th century, but they were renovated by architects under the commission of Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze sometime from 1500 to 1503.[1][3]
Behind the scenes
The Aqueduct of Claudius appears in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which is set in Rome. Like all landmarks in the game, it is referred to by its Italian name in the database. However, it is called "Acquedotto Claudia", which is a grammatical error because acquedotto is a masculine noun, and the feminine name Claudia must be masculinized to agree with its grammatical gender. The proper form is "Acquedotto Claudio". The error may have stemmed from the Latin name of the aqueduct being Aqua Claudia.
Trivia
- The Aqua Claudia is the location of one of Subject 16's rifts. It can be repaired
- In Assassin's Creed: Identity, to acquire the database entry for the aqueduct, the player has to climb up to the viewpoint of the Borgia tower on Palatine Hill.
Gallery
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The broken aqueduct
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Database: Acquedotto Claudia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Identity – Database: Aqueducts