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Public Health in Rome

Public Health in Rome. Ashley Grabowski Morgan Stewart 14 February 2011. Public Baths. In Rome, personal hygiene was really important. Therefore, everyone had to bathe. Also, they played a huge part in Roman social life.

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Public Health in Rome

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  1. Public Health in Rome Ashley Grabowski Morgan Stewart 14 February 2011

  2. Public Baths • In Rome, personal hygiene was really important. Therefore, everyone had to bathe. Also, they played a huge part in Roman social life. • Public baths did not cost much, about less than a one sixth of a modern day penny. • These baths were open to the rich and the poor. • Public baths were usually located in a type of bath house. -------------------- This is the main entrance to a public Roman bath.

  3. Roman Water Supply • Ancient Rome was famous for its water systems. • Rome was a huge city-state, and since it was big, the water supply needed to be excessive. • The population was superfluous, therefore, the water supply also had to be. Every time the population grew more and more, the water became scarce. • Rome had their famous aqueducts. An aqueduct is basically an above ground water pipe. It transports water from a spring to a city. <- An aqueduct built by the Romans, located in Pont du Gard, France. It still stands tall today.

  4. Roman Water Supply (continued) • The Roman could not have built the cities they did without any aqueducts. It would also be hard to imagine Rome without aqueducts. • In order to build aqueducts, Romans had to dig tunnels which were about 10-20 feet deep. They had their advantages: they did not disturb the farming or any traffic. • A huge amount of people lived in Rome, so the water supply had to be impressive. Enough to supply each citizen with enough water to survive.

  5. Roman Public Health • The Ancient Romans put a lot of effort into their medicine and health just as much as the Ancient Greeks and Egyptians did. • The people mainly paid attention to the health of the soldiers because without the soldiers, the empire could collapse. • Romans believed highly in an equally healthy mind and body. • They also believed that illnesses were naturally caused and that bad health was caused by bad water and sewage.

  6. Roman Public Health (continued) • The ideas for medicine resembled those of the Greeks, but they did not take the exact ideas, they improved them and made them their own. • The Ancient Roman empire expanded into Greece, therefore, many Greek doctors came into Rome and other parts of Italy.

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