Vespasianus
Titus Tunnel , Samandağ, Antakya, Turkey . Since the city was under the
threat of the floods descended from the mountains and flowed through
the city and the harbor was silted up and became inoperative, the Roman
emperor, Vespasianus ordered to build a tunnel by digging the mountain
in order to divert the floodwaters threatening the harbor. Legionnaires,
sailors and prisoners were ordered to cut a channel along and through
the rock for about 1.4 km (nearly a mile). The Vespasianus Titus tunnel
consists of a several sections and hydraulic capacity of the system
based on determination of water surface levels through step-by-step
integration The tunnel is considered to be a Roman engineering marvel
because it was cut through solid rock in a relatively short time period.
It also offer a good example Romans were capable of manifesting
ingenuity in facing and solving problems such as flooding. According to
an inscription, the tunnel was not finished until the reign of Antoninus
Pius (138-161). The inscription reads: “Divine Vespasian and Divine
Titus made it”
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