New Evidences on the "Toletum" Urban Design: The Bajada del Barco Sewers

Abstract

The recent discovery and excavation of two Roman sewers junction in one of the main Toledo arteries has highlighted the need to reflect on the academic image of Roman Toledo developed in the last few decades. Due to the lack of published works, any attempt to develop theories about its urban plan is rather daring. Nevertheless, the latest findings have allowed for the explanation of part of its layout and evolution from the Second Iron Age to the Roman period. Consequently, these two sewers from two different periods and with different orientation give information about the road and water networks they belong to, as well as illustrating the complexity of this type of studies in permanently inhabited cities, and pointing out the long way still ahead for their complete understanding.

Keywords

• toletum/toledo
• urbanismo romano
• cloacas