509-600 BC; Rome was expanding, fast. Population numbers had exploded and food supplies were running low. There was a huge threat that they would be wiped out due to to starvation. The main problem: Water was scarce. Lakes and fresh water was not abundant in Rome, and when they were, it proved a difficult task to ship around.
Then, the geniuses of Rome had a spark: What if they had long trenches connecting the cities together? Carrying the water along it. After many assumed trials and errors, the Romans had invented the aqueduct: trenches on brick stilts (to keep dust and foul play out of the water) that would not only ship clean spring-water to all different roman cities but also collect rainwater.
This is how they were laid out:
Another startling step forward for a civilisation so far back in time.
Next will be Egyptian tombs: Who got what.
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