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**__ The Roman Aqueducts __** Imagie a huge city in whichyou had to walk about more than two miles to just get water to cook or to wash clothes, that's what the city of Rome would have been like without the idea of Aqueducts. The Aqueducts were invented in 312     B.C., the Aqueducts were invented so that they could transfer water trouhgout the whole c ity, including homes, shops, baths, and even fountains. The Aqueducts were based on gravity so that the water could travel trough the obstacles like rivers. The Aqueducts weren't left alone without cleaning them, there were workers that went inside the Aqueducts and cleaned dirt and minerals of the walls of the Aqueducts.The main use for the Aqueducts was to get water to the Roman baths. There was not only one pair of Aqueduct in the whole Roman Empire there was at least over 20. Owners had to pay for water, and they were charged based on the size of the pipe. Some Aqueducts are stiil being used inrome to get water to the fountains. AQUEDUCTS ARE THE SAME AS OUR MODERN DAY PLUMBING!!!!!