[Fred Nerks]

How the aqueduct worked.

[Fred Nerks]

Mathias Döring. Using theodolites, GPS readers and ample safety equipment, the team charts the depths of the tunnel.

[SamAdams76]

The engineers of the empire invented standardized lead pipes, aqueducts as high as fortresses, and water mains with 15 bars (217 pounds per square inch) of pressure. In the capital alone there were thousands of fountains, drinking troughs and thermal baths...

But aside from all that, what have the Romans ever done for us?

[Paladin2]

Why is it dry now?

[SunkenCiv]

:’) Thanks Fred Nerks. The Romans had it goin’ on.

Rome’s Tremendous Tunnel [100 kilometers long, century to dig it]
Speigel | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Matthias Schulz
Posted on 03/13/2009 8:35:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2206315/posts

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Claudius’ Naumachia on Fucine Lake (Those About To Die, chap III)
Those About To Die (via Kurt Saxon) | 1950s (I believe) | Daniel P. Mannix
Posted on 11/24/2005 7:45:06 AM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1527955/posts

The Tunnel of Samos (Over 1000 Meters Sixth Century BC)
Cal Tech Engineering and Science | N/A | Tom M. Apostol
Posted on 04/03/2009 4:45:40 PM PDT by raybbr
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2221910/posts

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[Mr. K]

ok now how do you dig tunnels like that without lights?????

this is freaky

[Jane Long]

Rich senators refreshed themselves in private pools and decorated their gardens with cooling grottos.

Sounds familiar....history IS repeating itself.