2. What are the aqueducts
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A Roman invention
Used to carry water into the city from the mountains
The aqueducts become 1 inch lower every 40 yards to carry
water to the city
There were 11 aqueducts that went into the city
3. Definition of the word Aqueduct
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The word aqueduct is from Latin words Aqua (water) and
Ducere (to lead)
An aqueduct can be a canal, open troughs, overland pipelines,
or tunnels
5. Aqueducts
The First: Aqua Appia
Approximately 312 B.C.E.
About 10 miles long
The Last: Aqua Alexandra
Approximately 226 C.E
About 13.5 miles long
The Longest: Aqua Marcia
Approximately 144 B.C.E.
About 58 miles long
8. In the City
Underground/sewer system
The Cloaca Maxima was
one of the sewer systems
of Rome
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The Cloaca Maxima was
made to drain the marsh
water out of the area
known as the forum
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• When the water got to
the city it traveled
through pipelines
• All excess water went to
the Cloaca Maxima which
took the water to the
Tiber River
• This sewer system was a
marvel to the ancient
world
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9. Fun Facts
This is called an arcade
• These helped carry water
over valleys and over
rivers
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• The Romans built
aqueducts in places they
conquered such as
France, Spain, and
Northern Africa
• In Segovia, Spain there is
an aqueduct that is still in
use today
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