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The Roman Empire

The Roman Empire. Roman Aqueducts. Aqueducts. The full aqueduct had a gradient of 34 cm/km (1/3000), descending only 17 m vertically in its entire length and delivering 20,000 cubic meters (44 million gallons) of water daily. New York 8 million people, consume 1 billion gallons a day

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The Roman Empire

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  1. The Roman Empire

  2. Roman Aqueducts

  3. Aqueducts • The full aqueduct had a gradient of 34 cm/km (1/3000), descending only 17 m vertically in its entire length and delivering 20,000 cubic meters (44 million gallons) of water daily. New York 8 million people, consume 1 billion gallons a day • Rome consumed1.5 Billion gallons of water per day.

  4. Roman Forum

  5. The Coliseum • Built by Vespasian, opened by Titus in 80 AD. • Called amphitheatrumCaesareum or Caesar's Amphitheatre. • Named Coliseum in the Middle Ages from the colossal (120 ft) statue of Nero outside.

  6. Home of the Gladiators • Gladiators were slaves who would fight each other tothe death

  7. Types of Battle in the Coliseum • Emperors fed Christians to lions, or an armed gladiator would try to kill the beasts. • In early days, they flooded the arena for naval battles called naumachiae.

  8. What Gladiators would have seen walking into the Coliseum

  9. Inside the Coliseum

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