The list of Roman cisterns offers an overview over Ancient Roman cisterns. Freshwater reservoirs were commonly set up at the termini of aqueducts and their branch lines, supplying urban households, agricultural estates, imperial palaces, thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy. [1]
| Cistern | Location | Country | Water supply | Width (m) | Length (m) | Clear height (m) | Water depth (m) | Capacity (m³) | Volume (m³) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Basilica Cistern or Yerebatan Saray | Constantinople | Turkey | Rainwater harvesting | 65 | 138 | 9 | 85,000 [2] | ||
| Bordj el-Djedid | Zaghouan | Tunisia | Aqueduct of Carthage | 39 | 154.6 (oblong) | 25,000 to 30,000 [2] | ||||
 | Cistern of Philoxenos or Binbirdirek Cistern | Constantinople | Turkey | Rainwater harvesting | 66 | 65 | 14 to 15 | 32,500 [2] | ||
 | Theodosius Cistern | Constantinople | Turkey | Rainwater harvesting | ||||||
 | Cistern System at Masada (Northern Cisterns) | Judaean Desert | Israel | Rainwater harvesting | 40,000 [3] | 40,000 [3] | ||||
 | Piscina Mirabilis | Bacoli near Misenum | Italy | Serino Aqueduct | 25 [4] (27 [2] ) | 66 [4] (72 [2] ) | 10.3 [4] (±10 [2] ) | 7.5 [4] (? [2] ) | 10,700 [4] (12,600 [2] ) | 14,300 [4] (? [2] ) |
 | Roman cisterns | Fermo | Italy | Rainwater harvesting | 30 | 70 | 6 | 0,70 | 3,000 | 10,000 [4] |
| Grotta Dragonara | Bacoli near Misenum | Italy | Rainwater harvesting | 70 [4] (6 [5] ) | 72 [4] (60 [5] ) | 9.5 [4] (? [5] ) | 4.5 [4] (? [5] ) | 7,700 [4] (? [5] ) | 11,900 [4] (? [5] ) | |
| Il Cisternone | Albano | Italy | 10,132 [6] | |||||||
| Cisternone Romano | Formia | Italy | 25 | 65 | 6.5 | 8,000 [2] | ||||
 | Aïn Mizeb | Thugga | Tunisia | Aqueduct | 9,000 | |||||
 | Aïn El Hammam | Thugga | Tunisia | Aqueduct | 6,000 | |||||
| Cripta Romana | Cumae | Italy | Serino Aqueduct | 31 | 38 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2,100 | 5,300 [4] | |
| Piscina Cardito, Southern Reservoir | Puteoli | Italy | Campanian Aqueduct [7] | 16 | 55 | 6.0 | 4.5 [B 1] | 4,000 [B 1] | 5,300 [4] | |
| Piscina Lusciano | Puteoli | Italy | Serino Aqueduct | 25 | 27 | 6.5 | 4.0 [B 1] | 2,700 [B 1] | 4,400 [4] | |
| Tunnel Cistern [A 1] | Baiae | Italy | Rainwater harvesting | 3.5 | 300 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2,100 | 2,800 [4] [B 1] | |
| Cento Camerelle, Upper Reservoir | Misenum | Italy | Rainwater harvesting | 18 | 23 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 2,000 | 2,450 [4] | |
| Cento Camerelle | Puteoli | Italy | Campanian Aqueduct? | 7 | 70 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 850 | 2,000 [4] | |
| Cento Camerelle, Lower Reservoir [A 1] | Misenum | Italy | Rainwater harvesting | 2 | 160 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 960 | 1,100 [4] [B 1] | |
| Piscina Cardito, Northern Reservoir | Puteoli | Italy | Campanian Aqueduct [7] | 8 | 34 | ? | 1.3 [B 1] | 350 [B 1] | ? [4] | |
| Domitian's Villa [6] | Albano | Italy | 11 | 123 | ||||||
| Villa Jovis | Capri | Italy | ||||||||
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