Cloaca Maxima

The Cloaca Maxima or, less often, Maxima Cloaca, is one of the world's earliest sewage systems. Its name is related to that of Cloacina, a Roman goddess.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Portunus and Forum Boarium.

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The is a small ancient Roman temple in , Italy, on the modern Piazza della Bocca della Verità. It was built beside the ancient , the Roman cattle market associated with Hercules, which was adjacent to Rome's oldest river port and the oldest stone bridge across the Tiber River, the .

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The was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome. It was located on a level piece of land near the between the , the and hills.

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The or Hercules Olivarius is a Roman temple in , the former , in , . It is a tholos, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a colonnade.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.

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The , which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Cloaca Maxima

Latitude
41.88883° or 41° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
12.48024° or 12° 28′ 49″ east
Open location code
8FHJVFQJ+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4754734734
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q746102
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Cloaca Maxima” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Basque: “Estolda Nagusia”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікая Клаака”
  • Belarusian: “Клаака Максіма”
  • Bulgarian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Bulgarian: “Клоака Максима”
  • Catalan: “Claveguera Màxima”
  • Catalan: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Catalan: “Cloaca Màxima”
  • Chinese: “馬克西姆下水道”
  • Croatian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Czech: “Cloaca maxima”
  • Dutch: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Esperanto: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Finnish: “Cloaca maxima”
  • Finnish: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • French: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • French: “Fossé des Quirites”
  • French: “Grand Égoût”
  • Galician: “Cloaca Máxima”
  • Georgian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • German: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλη Αποχέτευση”
  • Hebrew: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Hebrew: “קלואקה מקסימה”
  • Indonesian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Interlingua: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Italian: “Cloaca Massima”
  • Italian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Japanese: “クロアカ・マキシマ”
  • Japanese: “クロアカ・マクシマ”
  • Latin: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Latvian: “Lielā kloāka”
  • Lithuanian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Norwegian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Polish: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Portuguese: “Cloaca Massima”
  • Portuguese: “Cloaca maxima”
  • Portuguese: “Cloaca Máxima”
  • Romanian: “Canalizarea Romei antice”
  • Romanian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Russian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Russian: “Большая Клоака”
  • Russian: “Великая Клоака”
  • Russian: “Клоака Максима”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Slovenian: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Spanish: “Cloaca massima”
  • Spanish: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Spanish: “Cloaca Máxima”
  • Swedish: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Turkish: “Cloaca Maxima”
  • Ukrainian: “Клоака Максима”

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