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Poured concrete has become the Romans’ basic …
Years: 126BCE - 126BCE
Poured concrete has become the Romans’ basic building material by 126 BCE, when the Aqua Tepula aqueduct is constructed by censors G. Servilius Caepio and L. Cassius Longinus.
Pipes made of stone, clay, lead, or wood channel the water underground, and many of these employ the siphon principle used in modern conduits.
The aqueduct’s source is at the Alban hills, running only a mere 18 kilometers to Rome.
The water from the Aqua Tepula, as implied in the name, is tepid and lukewarm, and thus is, as Frontinus states, not fit for human consumption.
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Years: 126BCE - 126BCE
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