What did the Aqueducts mean to the Roman Civilization?
: What did the Aqueducts mean to the Roman Civilization? The Romans could not have built their big cities without aqueducts. Some Roman cities wouldn’t have existed at all. Romans sometimes built cities on dry plains, which would not have been possible without the transported water. With the water, they could have their baths, their fountains, and their drinking water. Roman Aqueduct: Roman Aqueduct What did the Aqueducts mean to the Roman Civilization?: What did the Aqueducts mean to the Roman Civilization? Their society would have been very different without imported water. There would not have been a bath culture. Visitors to Rome were amazed at the cleanliness of the City. The hidden half of the water system—sewers—took aqueduct overflow and flushed the refuse into the river, which damaged the river, but kept the city of Rome clean. WASTEWATER SYSTEMS: WASTEWATER SYSTEMS Water from the baths, latrines, palaces, fountains, etc., as well as other urban runoff was discharged into Rome