Civic Water Allotment Gauges
Roman water-allotment practice using delivery tanks, calibrated pipe bores such as the quinaria, official records, and legal grants to allocate public water.
Core metadata
- ID: civic_water_meters
- Era: Classical
- First known date: -50 (century)
- Region: Rome / Roman aqueduct administration
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
Dependents
- None.
Fields
Field lanes
- Water & Sanitation Systems: Monitoring & Utility Operations
Node sources
- Water Supply System (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity
- Frontinus, The Water Supply of the City of Rome (University of Virginia Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, 2003, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity, edge
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 78%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- primary_source: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Distribution Pipes (water_distribution_pipes) | required | 82% | primary_source | Frontinus describes water allotments through delivery tanks, pipe bores, and quinariae; the allotment gauge system requires an operating distribution-pipe network. |
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| Public Archives (public_archives) | common_dependency | 74% | primary_source | Frontinus compares pipe gauges and water allotments against official records; public recordkeeping is contextual administrative infrastructure, not a physical meter component. |
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