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means ‘bringer of water’ in Latin. Before they invented aqueducts, Romans had
to drink and bathe in river water, which was full of raw
sewage – yuck!
Rome had 10 aqueducts at the time of Tom’s visit, with an 11th built 100 years later. It took 500 years to build all of Rome’s 11 aqueducts!
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