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Aqueducts Of Ancient Rome   Home Weapons & Supplies Roman Roads Daily Life Colosseum Nero When in Rome you should know where to get water and the ways they enjoyed water. The aqueducts brought water from miles away. The water came through pipes made out of lead, leather, wood, or ceramic. The aqueducts were great engineering feets by the Romans. Some of the pipes went to homes for private baths. The person would get charged based on the size of their pipe. One thing the water was used for was the baths. The Romans loved the baths. It was often noisy and many things were sold in them. They were where you met with friends and conducted buisness. When you went into the baths first you changed out of your clothes, then you went into a series of hot rooms to try to sweat off the dirt, then you scraped the dirt off with a strigil and swam in a cold pool to cool off. Some of the structure of the aqueducts we still use today. They were great advances toward plumbing.