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c. 1900 BCEThe first aqueducts were constructed in Mesopotamia and on Minoan Crete.
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c. 1400 BCEThe Mycenaeans constructed aqueducts at Tiryns and Mycenae.
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c. 850 BCELong-distance aqueducts including tunnels were constructed in the Assyrian empire.
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c. 750 BCESophisticated networks of aqueducts are constructed at Babylon.
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c. 580 BCELong-distance aqueducts were constructed at Samos and Athens.
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312 BCERome's first aqueduct constructed, the 16 km long Aqua Appia.
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272 BCE - 269 BCERome's Anio Vetus aqueduct constructed.
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c. 250 BCESyracuse is supplied by three aqueducts.
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c. 200 BCEPergamon is supplied by a sophisticated network of aqueducts.
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144 BCE - 140 BCERome's 91 km long Aqua Marcia aqueduct constructed.
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c. 80 BCERoman aqueduct built at Pompeii.
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c. 50 CEThe largest Roman aqueduct, 49 m high, completed at Pont du Gard.