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installation	Valens aqueduct bridge
name	Valens aqueduct bridge – Restoration (Romanos III)
event type	Restoration
start date	1028
end date	1034
date comments	The specific year is not known, hence Romanos' entire reign is used to date this restoration.
persons	Romanos III Argyros - Restorer (1028-1034)
description	Romanos specifically renewed the conduits and kastelloi. The use of conduits is confirmed by Odo of Deul in the mid-12th century. He specifically mentions how these conduits were underground.
comments	See 'Romanos III Argyros' in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (p. 1807).

#	Code	Page	Excerpt
1	Odo of Deuil 1149	519	Below the walls lies open land, cultivated by plough and hoe, which contains gardens that furnish the citizens all kinds of vegetables. From the outside underground conduits flow in, bringing the city an abundance of sweet water. Comment by Crow 2008: Visit in c. 1150.
2	Skylitzes 1070	238	The emperor (Romanos III) added to the channels (holkos) of water that bring water into the city and the castles (kastellos) that received them. Comment by Crow 2008: See also Cedrenus, History 2.504.