Three Forgotten Roman Megaprojects

A video on YouTube. In History, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

This video explores three lesser-known Roman engineering megaprojects: the tunnel of Claudius to drain Fucine Lake, the Iron Gates highway and military road along the Danube, and Agrippa's secret harbor complex at Lake Avernus and Lucrine Lake.

From the video

Answers: What are some forgotten Roman engineering megaprojects?

Roman engineering
Fucine Lake drainage
Tunnel of Claudius
Iron Gates highway
Trajan's Bridge
Lake Avernus harbor
Grotta di Cocceio
Agrippa naval complex

What it concludes

The tunnel of Claudius took 11 years to build and measured 10 feet high, 5 feet wide, and 3.5 miles long.
Trajan's bridge over the Danube featured 20 colossal piers rising 60 feet and was more than two-thirds of a mile long.
Agrippa built a hidden harbor complex linking Lake Avernus and Lucrine Lake to train an efficient navy against Sextus Pompeius.

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