What are aqueducts and how are they important?

On the internet there are enough stupid answers to good questions. Here a set of questions with relevant answers, some of which are linked to related subjects as discussed in other places within this website www.romanaqueducts.info. Additional questions ... Why were aqueducts important to Roman towns? read more

The aqueducts that the ancient Romans used were especially important because they allowed the cities within the Roman em  pire to work.  " The Romans could not have built cities as big as they did without aqueducts" (Aicher Peter). read more

The Aqueduct Veluwemeer however is a navigable aqueduct over the N302 road near Harderwijk, in eastern Netherlands. It is located under a small part of the lake Veluwemeer and at the same time connects the mainland Netherlands to Flevoland, which happens to be the largest artificial island in the world. read more

Both Samos and Athens were supplied by long-distance aqueducts from the 6th century BCE; the former was 2.5km long and included the famous 1km tunnel designed by Eupalinus of Megara. Pisistratus constructed an aqueduct of 15 to 25cm wide ceramic pipes in the Ilissus valley, 8km long. read more