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Aqueducts
 * They were built because they didn't want to drink the polution in the water.
 * They were built along which the water was carried.
 * Artificial channels used to carry water to cities.
 * They would end a a certain high point.
 * The main demand for water came from the public baths
 * The pont du gard bridge was part of the highest aqueduct even
 * the pont du gard supplied the provincial town of nemansus
 * the pont du gard took more than 80 years to build
 * it was 155 feet high and spans over 920 feet over the gard river

There were tons of aqueducts all over rome.

If you were just walking around the middle of nowere and you happen to be in rome you might find and aqueduct. you can take some water out of it or walk for miles down it until you reach the city.