The water crisis that Rome is experiencing already existed in the Roman Empire: how the engineer Sextus Julius Frontinus fought in the 1st century AD against the clandestine pipes that left the city without water

Rome is currently experiencing a severe water crisis driven by drought, which has caused water levels in the Tiber River to drop and exposed the stone blocks of the historic Nero's Bridge.

Historical records show that water scarcity is not a new phenomenon for the Italian capital, mirroring similar crises faced during the Roman Empire in the first century AD. At that time, the engineer Sexto Julio Frontino actively combated the unauthorized and clandestine pipelines that diverted water and left the city short of supply.