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__ Aqueducts __  Home Aqueducts  Roads Nero Coloseum Slaves Weapons and supplies          If you woke up Rome, and you were thirsty, you would probably want a glass of clean water. That’s where the aqueducts come in. Just like our plumbing, aqueducts were the main source of fresh water in Ancient Rome. In fact some aqueducts still used today. The Roman government provided and built the aqueducts by 300 AD. They were made from a line of arches joined together. They supplied enough fresh water to cook, clean, and do laundry. The water was brought in from miles away from a mountain or a river of some sort. These aqueducts appeared both above and below the ground. When it went above ground the aqueducts sat on raised arched bridges called arcades. Some even went across a valley so the Romans had to build the Aqueducts up on a bridge to keep the water flowing slightly down hill. You would probably get dirt after a while so you would go the town’s bath house. The water rushed to places like the town’s bath house, the town’s public bathrooms, and homes of Roman citizens. Now if you wake up in Rome you will know where to get clean, and fresh water.          <span style="font-size: 50%; color: rgb(221,50,245); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">



The enduring impact that aqueducts had on modern day society is that it led to the building of our plumbing systems. Aqueducts and today's plumbing system are pretty much the same thing except our plumbing systems run under ground, and aqueducts ran above ground.