Why was the Roman aqueduct so important?

Had the aqueducts any impact on the Roman empire? How did the Roman aqueducts changed the life of ordinary people? How did aqueducts help the Romans? What did the aqueducts mean to the Roman civilisation? Do some aqueducts had fountains? Why were aqueducts important to Roman towns? The major well ... 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). Rome at its largest point had one million people living within its city limits. read more

Beside, the Romans learned the aqueduct and sewer technology from the Etruscan and after the fall of the Roman Empire only the Arabs continued to develop aqueducts. read more