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Aqueducts were perhaps the greatest achievement of Roman engineers, since they supplied water to the masses, and increased hygiene for all Roman citizens. Aqueducts were constructed as public works throughout the Roman Empire, but the greatest and most plentiful brought their water into Rome. Some people wonder why many European civilizations in the Middle Ages, after the Roman Empire, but this project highlights the level of planning and engineering that had to go into the aqueducts.

We chose to base our blueprints (seen above) on the Aqua Claudia, one of Rome’s most ambitious projects. Our blueprints show the basic dimensions of the Aqua Claudia, as well as the facts and uses for these parts. Some interesting things were the use of siphons. Romans would typically use taller bridges over valleys whenever possible, however it was not always possible with the mountainous regions of Italy. Siphons are still used today; they work by using pressure and gravity, as well as sealed pipes to keep the pressure, to push the water up the other side of the valley. A simple description of the siphon and how it works, but if you are still confused there’s more information here.

In conclusion, Roman aqueducts, and the Aqua Claudia in particular, were breathtaking public works and incredible feats of engineering for the time of Rome. They greatly improved Roman health, quality of life and the beauty and riches of Rome.

Roman Baths

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The Roman Baths were made up of many different rooms, each having its own purpose. The first thing the Romans would do when they walked in the Baths was go to the changing room,which in Roman was called the apodyterium. When they were done changing they would go to the palaestrae, which was the exercise room where they would play games with with balls and wrestle each other. Next they would go to the notatio, which was a open air swimming pool were most of the socialalizing would be done. They would then go to laconica and sudatoria, which were the superheated dry and wet sweating-rooms the superheated room are like saunas while the wet sweating rooms generate moist heat, they both would loosen up your muscles and help you relax. After the muscles were loosened they went to calidarium which was the hottest room, before they got in the bath a slave would usually use a strigil which is a tool for the cleansing of the body by scraping off dirt, perspiration, and oil they would then go into the pool and relax and socialize their would also be a separate basin on a stand. After they were done at in the hot they would go to the tepidarium, which was warm room and was indirectly heated and with a tepid pool. The romans then went to the frigidarium, which was the cool room, unheated and with a cold-water basin, often monumental in size and domed, it was the heart of the baths complex. After the Romans were done going through all the the baths sometimes they would go to room for massages. This was not all the Roman Baths had o offer the Baths had many other room such as temples, toilets, libraries, lecture halls, fountains, and outdoor gardens.

For our project we made a brochure for a modern roman baths, based on our research we decided to keep most of the old ways of the bath house like the layout and what type of rooms that are in we did decide to add some rooms like a movie theater and shop were you could by oils and lotions and food. We also decided to have everything be with modern technology as in the ancient Roman bath house they had slaves shovel coal onto a big furnace to heat the pools. We also decided to add a two story building instead of just a a one story but very wide bath house. One challenge that we faced while doing our project was drawing the map up and deciding what went where, specifically the second floor as we had to come up with part on our own. As with the first floor that was the easier part of the whole project.

Roman Baths Brochure