Roman Aqueducts Essay
1.2.2. The Doer
Romans were marvellous engineers and administrators. They added on Greek’s theories and developed devices for the well-being of the city and built a strong administration supporting life components that increasingly became state matters.
As stated, Romans are remembered from their ingenuity. They built baths for citizens to care for their personal hygiene. In order to fill in the public baths, they “introduced the system of aqueducts” with along the way, ‘piscinae’ “in which sediment might be deposited”, then ‘castella’ translated as reservoirs, to end up in “piped off for use” (Rosen, pp. 15 - 16). Moreover, a difference on the purpose of each aqueducts; some were for drinking purposes and other for watering gardens. This differentiation was based on the purity of water, one major concern of Romans. The other one is the criteria of salubrity in an inhabitable area, as in Greece. In this respect, according to Rosen, G., “ Romans were hardly more than imitators of the Greeks” (pp. 14). In fact, the studies on environmental factors by Vitruvius, in De Architectura were on many contents similar to Hippocratic’s book. However, the innovation lied in the extent of …show more content…
20). They were dealt with in mystical ways, by praising the gods as well as in a more rational way as provided by the studies of Galen, from Greek descendant and exercising in Rome (Porter, pp. 12). He wrote many influential treatises until late Middle Ages (Rosen, pp. 17). He compelled Greek knowledge to roman and built on his own theories such as the origin of urine and the existence of blood in veins (ibid.). One more interesting study of him was related to occupational disease among miners (Rosen, pp. 21). To protect themselves, they invented numerous devices such as to cover their mouth and nose as well as to protect their body (Rosen, pp. 22). Here again, Romans excelled in
Romans were marvellous engineers and administrators. They added on Greek’s theories and developed devices for the well-being of the city and built a strong administration supporting life components that increasingly became state matters.
As stated, Romans are remembered from their ingenuity. They built baths for citizens to care for their personal hygiene. In order to fill in the public baths, they “introduced the system of aqueducts” with along the way, ‘piscinae’ “in which sediment might be deposited”, then ‘castella’ translated as reservoirs, to end up in “piped off for use” (Rosen, pp. 15 - 16). Moreover, a difference on the purpose of each aqueducts; some were for drinking purposes and other for watering gardens. This differentiation was based on the purity of water, one major concern of Romans. The other one is the criteria of salubrity in an inhabitable area, as in Greece. In this respect, according to Rosen, G., “ Romans were hardly more than imitators of the Greeks” (pp. 14). In fact, the studies on environmental factors by Vitruvius, in De Architectura were on many contents similar to Hippocratic’s book. However, the innovation lied in the extent of …show more content…
20). They were dealt with in mystical ways, by praising the gods as well as in a more rational way as provided by the studies of Galen, from Greek descendant and exercising in Rome (Porter, pp. 12). He wrote many influential treatises until late Middle Ages (Rosen, pp. 17). He compelled Greek knowledge to roman and built on his own theories such as the origin of urine and the existence of blood in veins (ibid.). One more interesting study of him was related to occupational disease among miners (Rosen, pp. 21). To protect themselves, they invented numerous devices such as to cover their mouth and nose as well as to protect their body (Rosen, pp. 22). Here again, Romans excelled in