The Roman Water System

Romans, at first, turned to the Tiber River, local springs, and shallow wells for their drinking water; but water obtained from these sources grew polluted and became inadequate for the city’s growing population. It was this necessity that lead to the development of aqueduct technology. The first aqueduct is dated bacck to the year 312 B.C.

 IN MY OWN WORDS!!

 

The anceint romans where very materialistic people, that use their knowledge as an advantage to capitalise on useful monuments and systems to  better their lifestyles,, everything done was usually for a given purpose, that would enable them to capitalise on its use, like the Aqueducts, which where usen to deliver water, to the city from the Tiber River, the local springs, next to the city, which again was very materialistic to have a city built in such a conveiniant location.

Aqueduct	Date Constructed	Length (meters)	Altitude�of Source�Above Sea-Level	Level�in Rome
Appia	312�B.C.	16,445	30	20
Anio�Vetus	272-269	63,705	280	48
Marcia	144-140	91,424	318	59
Tepula	125	17,745	151	61
Julia	33	22,854	350	64
Virgo	19	20,697	24	20
Alsientina	?	32,848	209	17
Claudia	38-52�A.D.	68,751	320	67
Anio�Novus	38-52	86,964	400	70
TOTAL	�	421,431	�	�

 

Waste was Frequently Emptied Into Street-Side Openings to the Roman Sewers. The sewers carried off sewage, urban runoff, and drainage water together (based on Macaulay).

ancient structures, and techniques used to counter land geographical issues.

 

~ by jabourjoseph on April 30, 2008.