Who Created Aqueducts

Rome a once powerful empire falls, their land is taken, their buildings are burned, the army once undefeatable is destroyed. Is this it for the empire, will it now just be a sob storing of the past? No, the legacy of Rome continuous today from the art in museums, to the laws we follow, The language we speak, even food we eat like pizza, but any one from a kid playing with building blocks, to construction workers, all the way to world renowned scholars would easily agree that roman architecture and engineering is the once powerful empires greatest legacy. Their coliseum influenced modern stadiums, their roads are used everywhere, and we have quick access to running water because of their aqueducts. Without out these great roman innovations we

We need running water to satisfy our basic needs such as water for drinking, sewers, indoor plumbing, and irrigation. Think of going a whole week without running water, sounds very hard right? Thank the Romans for creating running water, an engineering feat that we heavily rely on today. The Romans created aqueducts, "Aqueducts are channels, built above or under the ground, that carry water from a source to areas where the water is needed. The word aqueduct comes from two Latin words: aqua, meaning water, and ducere, meaning to lead"(aqueducts). These aqueducts were large complex structures that brought water from miles away into the city of Rome, they did this by graduating declining the water from the source all the way to the city, they did this to maintain a proper speed. The water declined an inch every couple miles. The aqueducts gave Romans fresh drinking water, "In the mostly dry climate of the Mediterranean region, the ancient Greeks and Romans sought ways to use and preserve fresh water for drinking , sanitation, and washing. Various waterworks—including aqueducts* , wells, fountains, baths, and water tunnels—became common features of Greek and Roman life"(waterworks). The constant stream of water kept all the people of Rome properly hydrated from the emperor to the poor. The running water also lead to the creation of sewers. The Merriam- Webster dictionary defines a sewer as, ": an artificial usually subterranean conduit to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall)"(. Merriam- Webster). In other words, a sewer is an underground tunnel system the drains water and waste to keep cities and households clean. Yes the Roman laws still influence many basic laws, but the creation of running water revolutionized how we keep ourselves clean. The creation of aqueduct paved the way to indoor plumbing, The Roman Empire had indoor