Aqueducts

The Romans were concerned with the importance of sanitation. The water provided by the network of aqueducts allowed its cities have an efficient system of usage of latrines, sewers, and drainage. The population used public lavatories for leisure activities, and fountains that supplied drinking water for them. They had a system to recycle public bath water by using it to flush their latrines (Bobée et al, 2011). The waste produced by these amenities was collected by an organized sewage system formed by cisterns and wells, and discharged in nearby bodies of water; this kept the cities clean of effluents (Gébara 2002). The most part of these aqueducts were underground, this contributed to keep the water without contact with possible sources of contamination that could cause diseases; and keep it safe from external treats like enemies that could use the aqueducts as a way to attack the Empire (Assante, 2009).

CE), hundreds of large aqueducts were built, with a combined length exceeding 500 km (3106.856 miles) (Passchier et al, 2013). On the total the Roman Empery had 11 eleven routes of Aqueducts (Figure 2). Besides provides fresh water for towns and villages some of these aqueducts were responsible to provide a constant flow of water for mining, processing and manufacturing of products, and agriculture (Passchier et al, 2013). The aqueduct system allowed the growth of Rome, and helped to keep in the city a military and civilian population, over 1 million of habitants (Assante, 2009). Some expert points that without the aqueducts, the Roman cities did not have been large, and some of them even did not exist (Aicher, N/Y). The aqueducts system were one of the factors that most contribute to the development, stability, and grandiosity of the Roman Empire (Assante,