List of Roman dams and reservoirs
List
This list is sorted by maximum height. All measurements are in m; in case of differing values, more recent respectively more detailed studies were given preference.

List of Roman dams and reservoirs

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: This list is sorted by maximum height. All measurements are in m; in case of differing values, more recent respectively more detailed studies were given preference.

Height	Thickness	Crest length	Name	Country	Date	Type / Comments

50	13.5	70?	Subiaco Dams	Italy	54–68 AD	Gravity dam. Devised as pleasure lake for Nero, the dam was the highest in the Roman Empire, and in the world until its destruction in 1305.

34.0	38.0	120.0	Almonacid de la Cuba Dam	Spain	1st c.	Gravity dam

28.0	26.0	194.0	Cornalvo Dam	Spain	1st–2nd c.	Gravity dam, still in use

21.6	5.9	427.8	Proserpina Dam	Spain	1st–2nd c.	Gravity dam, still in use

21	?	365	Harbaqa Dam	Syria	2nd c.	Gravity dam

20.0	4.0?	>800.0	Alcantarilla Dam	Spain	1st c.	Gravity dam

16.6	6.9	80.0	Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar Dam	Spain	1st–2nd c.	Gravity dam

16	?	40	Orükaya	Turkey	2nd c.	Arch-gravity dam

13.0	7.0?	60.0	Muel Dam	Spain	1st c.	Gravity dam

12	3.9	18	Glanum Dam	France	1st c. BC	Arch dam, earliest known

12	?	130	Löstügun	Turkey	6th c.	Gravity dam

10	7.3	150	Kasserine Dam	Tunisia	2nd c.	Arch-gravity dam

8.4	2.7	68.0	La Pared de los Moros	Spain	3rd c.	Gravity dam

7.0	2.0	50.0	Arroyo Salado	Spain	?	Gravity dam

7	20	2000	Lake of Homs dam	Syria	3rd c.	Gravity dam, largest artificial reservoir to date (capacity of 90 million m³), still in use

7	?	193	Ma'agan Michael (West)	Israel	4th c.	Gravity dam

7	?	80	Çavdarhisar	Turkey	2nd c.	Arch-gravity dam

7	?	50	Olisipo	Portugal	2nd c.	Gravity dam

~6.1	?	?	Qasr Khubbaz	Syria	?	?

6.0?	3.0	50.0	Arévalo	Spain	2nd c.	Gravity dam

5.6	2.2	320.0	Esparragalejo Dam	Spain	1st c.	Multiple-arch buttress dam, earliest known

5.2	1.9	95.0	Las Tomas	Spain	4th c.	Buttress dam

5	?	91	Wadi Megenin	Libya	2nd c.	Buttress dam

4.8	2.6	>632.0	Consuegra Dam	Spain	3rd–4th c.	Buttress dam

4.6	4.2	174	Muro Dam	Portugal	?	?

4.5	2.7	141.1	El Paredón	Spain	3rd c.	Gravity dam

4.5	2.5	19.5	Melque VI	Spain	?	Gravity dam

>4.0	1.0	102.0	Lower Iturranduz Dam	Spain	2nd c.	Buttress dam

4.0	5.6	100.0	La Pesquera	Spain	?	Gravity dam

4	?	300	Böget	Turkey	2nd c.	Gravity dam

3.7	1.8	139.0	Araya	Spain	2nd c.	Buttress dam

3.6	3.5	97.8	Vega de Sta. María	Spain	?	Buttress dam

3.5	2.0	40.0	Arroyo Bejarano	Spain	1st c.	Gravity dam

>3.0	3.0	170.0	Charca de Valverde	Spain	?	Gravity dam

3.0	3.4	200.0	Las Muelas	Spain	2nd c.	Buttress dam

3.0	3.0?	29.0	Azud de la Rechuela	Spain	?	Buttress dam

3.0	2.3	30.0	Les Parets Antiques	Spain	3rd–4th c.	Gravity dam

3.0	2.2	150.0	Villafranca	Spain	2nd–3rd c.	Buttress dam

3.0	1.8	98.0	Mesa de Valhermoso	Spain	2nd–3rd c.	Gravity dam

3.0	1.5	30.0	Castillo de Bayuela	Spain	2nd–3rd c.	Buttress dam

3.0?	?	?	San Martín de la Montiña	Spain	1st–2nd c.	Gravity dam

2.5	5.0	100.0	Cañada del Huevo	Spain	2nd c.	Buttress dam

2.5	1.5	25.0	Pineda o Ca'La Verda	Spain	3rd c.	Gravity dam

2.4	1.2	80.0	Paerón I	Spain	1st–2nd c.	Gravity dam

2.2	1.0	15.0	Palomera Baja	Spain	3rd c.	Gravity dam

2.2?	1.0?	30.0?	El Peral	Spain	1st–2nd c.	Gravity dam

2.1	1.9	40.8	Moracantá	Spain	1st–2nd c.	Gravity dam

>2.0	2.5	80.0	Los Paredones	Spain	1st–2nd c.	Gravity dam

>2.0	0.8	52.0–180?	La Cuba	Spain	2nd–3rd c.	Gravity dam

2	10–12	516	Band-e Kaisar	Iran	3rd c.	Gravity dam, earliest dam-bridge (weir combined with arch bridge)

2.0	1.0	56.0	Puy Foradado Dam	Spain	2nd–3rd c.	Arch-gravity dam

1.6	?	?	Las Mezquitas	Spain	2nd c.	Gravity dam

>1.5	1.1	30.0	Paerón II	Spain	1st–2nd c.	Buttress dam

1.5	0.8	35.0	El Pont d'Armentera	Spain	2nd–4th c.	Gravity dam

1.3	1.6	230.0	El Hinojal (Las Tiendas)	Spain	3rd–4th c.	Buttress dam

1.3	1.4	14.7	El Argamasón	Spain	2nd–3rd c.	Gravity dam

1.2	2.4	30.0	Balsa de Cañaveral	Spain	4th c.	Gravity dam

1.1	0.7	13.4	Río Frío	Spain	1st c.	Gravity dam

>0.9	0.7	7.6	El Peral II	Spain	?	Buttress dam

0.9	0.7	40.0	Azud de los Moros	Spain	1st c.	Gravity dam

>0.8	1.6	60.0–80.0	Valencia del Ventoso	Spain	3rd–4th c.	Gravity dam

>0.8	1.1	50.0	El Chaparral	Spain	3rd–4th c.	Gravity dam

?	0.7	150.0	Higher Iturranduz Dam	Spain	3rd–4th c.	Buttress dam

?	?	900	Leptis Magna (Wadi Caam II)	Libya	2nd–3rd c.?	?

?	?	?	Leptis Magna (Wadi Caam I)	Libya	2nd–3rd c.?	?

?	?	?	Leptis Magna (Wadi Lebda)	Libya	2nd–3rd c.?	Buttressed dam

?	?	?	Las Adelfas	Spain	2nd c.	Gravity dam

?	?	?	Monroy	Spain	?	Gravity dam

?	?	?	Odrón y Linares	Spain	?	Gravity dam

?	?	?	Soufeiye	Syria	?	Gravity dam

?	?	?	Dara Dam	Turkey	560 AD	Arch dam, earliest description of arch action in such types of dam by Procopius (De Aedificiis II.3)

Sentence(s)

Band-e Kaisar was one of the Roman dams in the 3rd century.
Band-e Kaisar was built in the 3rd century.
Band-e Kaisar is a dam built in the 3rd century.

final_sentence: Band-e Kaisar was one of the Roman dams in the 3rd century.
final_sentence: Band-e Kaisar was built in the 3rd century.
final_sentence: Band-e Kaisar is a dam built in the 3rd century.