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Author Topic: The Ancient World's Longest Underground Aqueduct  (Read 424 times)

KenHR

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The Ancient World's Longest Underground Aqueduct
« on: March 20, 2009, 03:29:04 PM »
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,612718,00.html

Too long to re-post in its entirety here, but here is the intro:

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Roman engineers chipped an aqueduct through more than 100 kilometers of stone to connect water to cities in the ancient province of Syria. The monumental effort took more than a century, says the German researcher who discovered it.

When the Romans weren't busy conquering their enemies, they loved to waste massive quantities of water, which gurgled and bubbled throughout their cities. 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. Rich senators refreshed themselves in private pools and decorated their gardens with cooling grottos. The result was a record daily consumption of over 500 liters of water per capita (Germans today use around 125 liters).

However, when the Roman legions marched into the barren region of Palestine, shortly before the birth of Christ, they had to forgo the usual splashing about, at least temporarily. It was simply too dry.
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2009, 06:48:14 PM »
That's cool!  Gratzie.

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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2009, 07:37:13 PM »
When I was modifying Pendragon for a more historical game, one of the skills I put in was Engineering (left over from Roman days).
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« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2009, 10:21:31 PM »
I want a map of this aquaduct, but can't seem to find one.

Ayone got any ideas?
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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2009, 11:30:22 PM »
It's a pretty recent discovery; if you could track down the articles cited in the Wikipedia article, you might be able to find something like a map.  My Googling returned nothing more useful than the pic accompanying the article.
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