HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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What did the ancient Romans build to maintain the supply of water in their cities?
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aqueducts
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temples
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highways
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman aqueduct was a channel used to transport fresh water to highly populated areas. Aqueducts were amazing feats of engineering given the time period.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most Romans probably obtained their daily water supplies from fountains supplied by aqueducts (Wilson 2008, 306). Frontinus enumerated 591 public water basins (lacus) in first century Rome (Frontinus 1899, 53).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Pont du Gard, a masterpiece of Roman ingenuity It is the principal construction in a 50 km long aqueduct that supplied the city of Nîmes, formerly known as Nemausus, with water.
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