Roman dam building got underway in large scale during the early imperial era. It mostly focused on the semiarid periphery of the empire, which includes the Near East, Hispania, and North African provinces. In Italy, only the Subiaco Dams, built by Emperor Nero for recreation, are known to exist; the greater quantity of Spanish dams below may be owing in part to more extensive fieldwork in that region. However, the remarkable height of these dams—which was not surpassed globally until the L ... (Read More)