Aqueducts: Quenching Rome's Thirst

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Before the Romans, who had invented techniques for collecting, storing and channeling water?

Earlier Mediterranean people

Where did people in Pompeii get their water from?

wells and cisterns (public and private)

Why did Rome need more water that wells and cisterns could provide?

Because of its huge population (reaching 1 million at its peak)

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