Illustrations of history

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Roman water distribution (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus to c/historyillustrations

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But on the other side of the Contracting table, a lot of water pipes were privately owned in Rome. And stealing water was very popular, if a pipe happened to pass by your house, it saved you a trip to a public source.

[–] PugJesus 5 points 1 month ago

Or an expensive connection - farmers were always illegally tapping the pipes for agricultural purposes XD