Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 112
er being conveyed through pipes, there were reservoirs(piscinae), in which the water might deposit any sediment that itcontained. Vitruvius has given rules for the laying down of pipes,and for forming reservoirs. The apparent aqueducts were built onthe most stupendous scale. Hills were pierced… … AQUEDUCT. period of the history of Rome no less than twenty aqueducts stretchedtheir long line of arches, and brought as many different streams ofwater, across the wide plain or Campagna in which the city stands.For the most part they were built of brick, and consisted of nearlysquare piers running…
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