List of Roman cisterns

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! style="text-align:center" | Cistern

! style="text-align:center" | Location

! style="text-align:center" | Country

! style="text-align:center" | Water supply

! style="text-align:center" | Width
(m)

! style="text-align:center" | Length
(m)

! style="text-align:center" | Clear height
(m)

! style="text-align:center" | Water depth
(m)

! style="text-align:center" | Capacity
(m³)

! style="text-align:center" | Volume
(m³)

|Basilica Cistern or Yerebatan Saray

|Constantinople

|Turkey

|Rainwater harvesting

|65

|138

|9

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|85,000 De Feo, Giovanni & De Gisi, Sabino & Malvano, Carmela & De Biase, O. (2010). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234025426_The_Greatest_Water_Reservoirs_in_the_Ancient_Roman_World_and_the_Piscina_Mirabilis_in_Misenum The Greatest Water Reservoirs in the Ancient Roman World and the “Piscina Mirabilis” in Misenum]. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply. vol. 10, issue 3, pp 350–358. Publication by IWA Publishing, 2010.

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|Zaghouan

|Tunisia

|Aqueduct of Carthage

|39

|154.6 (oblong)

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|25,000 to 30,000

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|Cistern of Philoxenos or Binbirdirek Cistern

|Constantinople

|Turkey

|Rainwater harvesting

|66

|65

|14 to 15

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|32,500

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|Theodosius Cistern

|Constantinople

|Turkey

|Rainwater harvesting

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|Cistern System at Masada

(Northern Cisterns)

|Judaean Desert

|Israel

|Rainwater harvesting

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|{{Sort|40000|40,000}}{{Cite web |title=Masada National Park |url=https://en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/masada-national-park/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Israel Nature and Parks Authority |language=en-US}}

|{{Sort|40000|40,000}}

|Piscina Mirabilis

|Bacoli near Misenum

|Italy

|Serino Aqueduct

|{{Sort|250|25}}

(27 )

|{{Sort|0660|{{0|1}}66}}

(72 )

|{{Sort|103|10.3}}

(±10 )

|{{Sort|75|7.5}}

(? )

|{{Sort|10700|10,700}}

(12,600 )

|{{Sort|14300|14,300}} All data from: {{harvnb|Döring|2002|pp=310–319 (esp. 313)}}

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|Roman cisterns

|Fermo

|Italy

|Rainwater harvesting

|{{Sort|300|30}}

|{{Sort|0700|{{0|1}}70}}

|{{Sort|06|6}}

|{{Sort|070|0,70}}

|{{Sort|3000|3,000}}

|{{Sort|10000|10,000}}

|Bacoli near Misenum

|Italy

|Rainwater harvesting

|{{Sort|700|70}}

(6 {{Cite web |last=Cucco |first=Mauro |title=Grotta della Dragonara |url=https://bacoli.it/visitare/monumenti/grotta-della-dragonara.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=bacoli.it |date=10 January 2022 |language=it-it}})

|{{Sort|0720|{{0|1}}72}}

(60 )

|{{Sort|095|{{0|1}}9.5}}

(? )

|{{Sort|45|4.5}}

(? )

|{{Sort|07700|{{0|1}}7,700}}

(? )

|{{Sort|11900|11,900}}

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|Albano

|Italy

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|{{Sort|10132|10,132}} {{harvnb|Adam|2004|pp=250–51}}

|Formia

|Italy

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|25

|65

|6.5

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|8,000

|Aïn Mizeb

|Thugga

|Tunisia

|Aqueduct

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|{{Sort|09000|{{0|1}}9,000}}

|Aïn El Hammam

|Thugga

|Tunisia

|Aqueduct

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|{{Sort|06000|{{0|1}}6,000}}

|Cumae

|Italy

|Serino Aqueduct

|{{Sort|310|31}}

|{{Sort|0380|{{0|1}}38}}

|{{Sort|080|{{0|1}}8.0}}

|{{Sort|30|3.0}}

|{{Sort|02100|{{0|1}}2,100}}

|{{Sort|05300|{{0|1}}5,300}}

|Puteoli

|Italy

|Campanian Aqueduct{{Cite journal |last=Ferrari |first=Graziano |title=The campanian aqueduct stairway rediscovered |url=https://www.academia.edu/34788407}}

|{{Sort|160|16}}

|{{Sort|0550|{{0|1}}55}}

|{{Sort|060|{{0|1}}6.0}}

|{{Sort|45|4.5}}{{refn|group=B|name=exc|Excavated parts}}

|{{Sort|04000|{{0|1}}4,000}}{{refn|group=B|name=exc}}

|{{Sort|05300|{{0|1}}5,300}}

|Puteoli

|Italy

|Serino Aqueduct

|{{Sort|250|25}}

|{{Sort|0270|{{0|1}}27}}

|{{Sort|065|{{0|1}}6.5}}

|{{Sort|40|4.0}}{{refn|group=B|name=exc}}

|{{Sort|02700|{{0|1}}2,700}}{{refn|group=B|name=exc}}

|{{Sort|04400|{{0|1}}4,400}}

|Baiae

|Italy

|Rainwater harvesting

|{{Sort|035|{{0|1}}3.5}}

|{{Sort|3000|300}}

|{{Sort|030|{{0|1}}3.0}}

|{{Sort|20|2.0}}

|{{Sort|02100|{{0|1}}2,100}}

|{{Sort|02800|{{0|1}}2,800}} {{refn|group=B|name=exc}}

|Misenum

|Italy

|Rainwater harvesting

|{{Sort|180|18}}

|{{Sort|0230|{{0|1}}23}}

|{{Sort|078|{{0|1}}7.8}}

|{{Sort|55|5.5}}

|{{Sort|02000|{{0|1}}2,000}}

|{{Sort|02450|{{0|1}}2,450}}

|Puteoli

|Italy

|Campanian Aqueduct?

|{{Sort|070|{{0|1}}7}}

|{{Sort|0700|{{0|1}}70}}

|{{Sort|052|{{0|1}}5.2}}

|{{Sort|20|2.0}}

|{{Sort|00850|{{0|1}}{{0|1}}850}}

|{{Sort|02000|{{0|1}}2,000}}

|Misenum

|Italy

|Rainwater harvesting

|{{Sort|020|{{0|1}}2}}

|{{Sort|1600|160}}

|{{Sort|040|{{0|1}}4.0}}

|{{Sort|30|3.0}}

|{{Sort|00960|{{0|1}}{{0|1}}960}}

|{{Sort|01100|{{0|1}}1,100}} {{refn|group=B|name=exc}}

|Puteoli

|Italy

|Campanian Aqueduct

|{{Sort|080|{{0|1}}8}}

|{{Sort|0340|{{0|1}}34}}

|{{Sort|000|{{0|1}}?}}

|{{Sort|013|1.3}}{{refn|group=B|name=exc}}

|{{Sort|00350|{{0|1}}{{0|1}}350}}{{refn|group=B|name=exc}}

|{{Sort|00000|{{0|1}}?}}

|Capri

|Italy

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