Lake Martignano

Lake Martignano
Location	Province of Rome, Lazio
Coordinates	42°6′46″N 12°18′54″E
Basin countries	Italy
Max. length	2.015
Max. width	1.545
Surface area	2.44
Max. depth	60
Shore length1	6
Surface elevation	305
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Martignano (Italian: Lago di Martignano), is a small lake in Lazio, Italy 15 m. due N.N.W. of Rome, in an extinct crater or maar. In ancient times it was part of southern Etruria and called Alsietinus Lacus. Augustus drew from it the Aqua Alsietina; the water was hardly fit to drink, and was mainly intended to supply his naumachia (lake made for a sham naval battle) at Rome, near 5. Francesco a Ripa, on the right bank of the Tiber, where some traces of the aqueduct were perhaps found in 1720. The course of the aqueduct, which was mainly subterranean, is practically unknown: Frontinus tells us that it received a branch from the lake of Bracciano near Careiae (Galera): and an inscription relating to it was found in this district in 1887 (F. Barnabei, Notizie degli Scavi, 1887, 181).

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
• Kelly, M. G. (1991). "An 11 000-year record of vegetation and environment from Lago di Martignano, Latium, Italy". Journal of Quaternary Science. 6: 209–224. doi:10.1002/jqs.3390060304. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)