Astounding Vespasianus Titus Tunnel – An Ancient Roman Engineering Marvel
AncientPages.com | August 30, 2018
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of ancient Roman engineering marvels is located in Samandag. This astounding structure, known as Vespasianus Titus tunnel, is considered world's largest man-made tunnel.
The 1,380-meter-long tunnel was originally built (completely by man power) as a water channel in the 2nd century. Today the channel is dry, but still worth to admire the ancient skills of the Roman builders and engineers.
During the reign of Emperor Vespasian (69-79 AD), the Roman governors of Seleucia Pieria (Samandag), the port city for Antioch ad Orontes (Antakya), decided to divert a river. The ancient city of Seleucia, in Turkey's southern Hatay province, had at least two ports, but the harbors continued to be silted up.
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