Sed omnium operum magnitudinem circumveniunt cavernae, ingentem in altitudinem pressae ad accipiendum impetum fluminis: quod ubi appositae crepidinis fastigium excessit, urbis tecta corriperet, nisi essent specus lacusque qui exciperent.
Moreover, all these great works are surrounded by artificial hollows, sunk to a vast depth to meet the rush of the river; for when it has risen above the top of the embankment built against it, it would damage the buildings of the city, if there were no hollows and pools to receive it.
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