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| |image = Cloaca_Maxima.png
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| |description = Rome's sewer system.
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| ||location = [[Campagna District]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
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| |dateconstructed = Circa 600 B.C.E.
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| |functions = Sewer
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| |features = [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]]
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| |appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
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| |commissioner =Tarquinius Priscus}}
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| The '''Cloaca Maxima''' (English: ''Great Sewer'') was located in the [[Campagna District]] of [[Rome]]. In the early 1500s, it was also used as a [[Lairs of Romulus|lair]] by the [[Followers of Romulus]].<ref name="brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
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| ==History==
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| The Cloaca Maxima was one of the world's first major sewage systems. Records suggest it was first built as early as 600 B.C.E. 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.<ref name="brotherhood"/>
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| ==Reference==
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| {{GalleryBox|Cloaca Maxima}}
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| [[Category:Rome]] | | [[Category:Rome]] |
| [[Category:Landmarks]] | | [[Category:Landmarks]] |
| [[Category:Lairs of Romulus]] | | [[Category:Lairs of Romulus]] |
| [[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood secret locations]] | | [[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood secret locations]] |
Revision as of 11:33, 18 August 2013
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