HorstBiancoAqueducts

HORSTBIANCOAQUEDUCTS Aqueducts  Entertainment Weapons Roads Slaves  Augustus Caesar Everyday Life               Home      <span style="color: rgb(0,22,255); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(245,15,15);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 145%; color: rgb(228,17,17); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(0,56,224);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0,18,235);"> Once you travel back to ancient Rome, you will probably be wondering how they get fresh water for drinking,  <span style="color: rgb(0,55,219);">  cleaning, cooking, and bathing. After you read this page in the survival guide, you will know everything you   <span style="color: rgb(0,55,219);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,55,219);">need <span style="color: rgb(0,23,245);"><span style="color: rgb(0,78,255);">to know about aqueducts. <span style="color: rgb(0,23,245);"><span style="color: rgb(0,78,255);">

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 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,6,0);">Aqueducts carried 300 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">m illion gallons of clean fresh water every day.
 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">The water came from the Tiber River.[[image:http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=91303&rendTypeId=34 width="367" height="285" align="right" caption="Roman aqueducts compared to modern aqueducts"]]
 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,6);">Some aqueducts ran underground.
 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,9);">The aqueducts where lined with bricks and concrete.
 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">They could go over gorges and rivers on arched bridges.
 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,9);">There was eleven aqueducts altogether.
 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,3,0);">The water was used for drinking, cooking, cleaning, and bathing.
 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,12);">Most ran above ground.
 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,6,0);">Carried clean water to multiple ancient cities.
 * <span style="color: rgb(235,5,5);"><span style="color: rgb(255,4,0);">Eventually the Tiber River became polluted.

Aqueducts have impacted our systems of getting water. We now have under ground plumbing that goes to all houses. The only different thing we have is that our water goes through a treatment plant.