Aqueducts Are Among Most Exceptional Achievements Of Ancient Roman Engineers

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Among all the achievements of ancient engineering, Roman aqueducts belong to the most exceptional ones.

The multiple arches of the Pont du Gard in Roman Gaul (modern-day southern France). Source

Engineers in the ancient Roman Empire knew that these structures represented one of the most fundamental requirements for any town or city to exist.

The aqueducts of ancient Rome, with their enduring presence, left their mark on the landscape that goes beyond their practical function of supplying water to the Roman Empire’s capital and remote urban centers of the vast empire.

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