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
1 posted on
04/14/2022 9:45:58 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Follow up question: If not, why not?
3 posted on
04/14/2022 9:51:32 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
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To: SunkenCiv
Ok, but apart from the water slides, what have the Romans ever done for us?
5 posted on
04/14/2022 9:54:29 AM PDT by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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: SunkenCiv
20 posted on
04/14/2022 10:31:55 AM PDT by
Sans-Culotte
(11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
To: SunkenCiv
If kids could do it, they did it.
22 posted on
04/14/2022 10:41:11 AM PDT by
Fido969
(45 is Superman!)
To: SunkenCiv
Where else would you expect them to cool off after a day of chariot racing?
24 posted on
04/14/2022 11:26:02 AM PDT by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: SunkenCiv
I think you would probably get an instant death penalty for screwing with the water supply back then. They didn’t mess around with idiots back in those days.
Auto-dead.
26 posted on
04/14/2022 12:15:05 PM PDT by
DesertRhino
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To: SunkenCiv
They were not used as water slides because they slope at less than a 1 degree angle....the lower the slope, the farther you can transport water from source.
27 posted on
04/14/2022 12:23:38 PM PDT by
oil_dude
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe not officially, but don’t forget the time Felix double dared Titus ....
The boys knew how to party, even then. Atticus was the worst. I’m SURE he would have done the slides.
31 posted on
04/14/2022 1:28:57 PM PDT by
sphinx
To: SunkenCiv
37 posted on
04/14/2022 6:58:00 PM PDT by
Lurker
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