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Topic: RSS Feedaqueducts
Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, The, January, 1996 by M. C. HOWATSON and IAN CHILVERS
aqueducts (Lat.
aquae
,
‘waters’), one of Rome's greatest contributions to architecture and public amenity, the structures built to supply Rome and other cities of the Roman empire with water. Whereas Greek cities were usually supplied with water from their numerous natural springs, often elaborated into artificial fountains, early Rome had only the river Tiber and wells sunk in the city, and it was the unwholesomeness and inadequacy of these supplies that led to the development of aqueducts to bring large quantities of pure water from the distant hills. The water was carried as far as possible underground, in stone-built channels lined with a special cement. There were frequent inspection points, and the conduits had to be kept clear of...
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