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Were the Roman Aqueducts used as Water Slides?
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| April 1, 2022
| toldinstone
Posted on 04/14/2022 9:45:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
No, they were not.
You can read the original version of my answer to this question, which appeared on the AskHistorians subreddit, here.Were the Roman Aqueducts used as Water Slides? | April 1, 2022 | toldinstone
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The aqueducts were awesome manifestations of the Roman knack for practical engineering on a monumental scale. This video explores how they were constructed and used.
I'd like to thank Woosh Pipe and Drain of New York City for sponsoring this video.How did Roman Aqueducts work? | March 18, 2022 | toldinstone
![How did Roman Aqueducts work? | March 18, 2022 | toldinstone](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BihMQVi5T00/maxresdefault.jpg)
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posted on
04/14/2022 9:45:58 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
I think the tunics and togas mitigated against the use of water slides.
![](https://i.imgur.com/eRHYOoK.png)
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posted on
04/14/2022 9:46:57 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Follow up question: If not, why not?
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posted on
04/14/2022 9:51:32 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: Yo-Yo
Most ancient people could have used a good scrubbin’, at least.
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posted on
04/14/2022 9:53:14 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Ok, but apart from the water slides, what have the Romans ever done for us?
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posted on
04/14/2022 9:54:29 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Yo-Yo
“Follow up question: If not, why not?”
Why follow up with a question already answered?
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posted on
04/14/2022 9:55:57 AM PDT
by
TexasGator
(UF)
To: dfwgator
Oh. I’ll settle for just the watersides.
To: dfwgator; SunkenCiv; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON
I'm sure H.E. Pennypacker will get around to it.
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:02:22 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: SunkenCiv
Sliding your butt on bare cement and cobblestones would give you a road rash of epic proportions................
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:05:44 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
I think the tunics and togas mitigated against the use of water slides.
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:07:03 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fauci is a despicable little turd)
To: SunkenCiv
Sounds like something from The Far Side. I remember one cartoon depicting two sentries standing atop The Great Wall of China. One was telling the other, "This should keep that dog out."
I don't know if this is something I saw, or something I made up, but I had an idea for a cartoon depicting Noah's Ark with a long row of different kinds of dinosaurs waiting to get on board, and Noah telling them, "Sorry, we're full."
To: Yo-Yo
Follow up question: If not, why not? Because the corn-dog and 32 oz cola to sell to the water-slide customers had not yet been invented
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:07:54 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: SunkenCiv
I'll buy it.
In Florida during the summer, it rains every day. Sometimes really hard. Large puddles form in the strip mall's parking lot.
All you need is a Jeep, rope, piece of round plywood and your underwear.
I'm sure some kid found the aqueducts fun on a hot Italian summer day. (Just don't pee in the pool)
5.56mm
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:11:57 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
To: SunkenCiv
The Romans built bath houses just about every where that they went. Heck, half of the towns in Germany are referred to as ‘Baths’ or ‘Bad Something.’ Well, maybe not quite half, but they have a lot of them.
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:12:46 AM PDT
by
Radix
(Radical X)
To: dfwgator
I enjoy a Caesar Salad, now and again.
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:22:39 AM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright coled day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: dfwgator
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:22:55 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Radix
In Italy, they eventually had a lot of bad abings.
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:25:21 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: M Kehoe
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:27:44 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Red Badger
And of course, they loved to jump chariots through rings of fire right after one of those “slides for life”.
I miss Dan Fleenor.
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:30:26 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/14/2022 10:31:55 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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