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How Did Ancient Rome Use Aqueducts

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One Ancient Roman technology that is still in use is the aqueducts. The Romans needed water, just as all living things did. One of the ways they got their water was through the aqueducts. The aqueducts were used for a variety of reasons. “This water system supplied water to bathhouses for the public to use, latrines, fountains and private households”(crystalinks). The aqueduct, in general, is a fairly simple idea, it lets the water flow on a downward sloping path to the cities. However, just because it is a simple concept does not make an easy task to accomplish. The downward sloping gradient of the aqueducts at this point in history was between 0.3% and 0.15% but some were as low as 0.07% and at the higher end at 3.0%( Dembskey 2002).
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