HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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System of pipes created to carry water to places without water
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Something to do with duct tape?
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A system that the Romans created so people could travel by horse
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away. In modern engineering, the term aqueduct is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose.
Detailed explanation-2: -An aqueduct. To achieve a consistent, shallow slope to move the water in a continuous flow, the Romans lay underground pipes and constructed siphons throughout the landscape. Workers dug winding channels underground and created networks of water pipes to carry water from the source lake or basin into Rome.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aqueducts are structures used to carry water from a supply source to distant areas in need of water. The word aqueduct comes from two Latin words, aqua (water) and ducere (to lead). The first aqueducts were built as early as the tenth century BC.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Appian aqueduct (312 B.C.), the Anio Vetus (272 B.C.), and the Marcia (144 B.C.) were principally underground tunnels or covered trenches following land slopes and the sides of valleys.
Detailed explanation-5: -Pipes made of terracotta, stone, and wood were also used in Roman aqueducts and water supply. Wood was undoubtedly less durable than lead, but was often employed in smaller, isolated systems in the outer areas of the Roman Empire such as Germany (Hodge 1992, 111).