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minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThey were already doing sewers in the early Republic? Wow, that’s impressive as hell.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoIn the city of Rome itself, yes. I don’t know that they did it in any surrounding Roman-controlled towns. The Cloaca Maxima is said to date to the days of the Roman Kingdom.
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoWow, the damn sewer is somewhere near the top of my list to see if I’m ever in Rome now. Who would have thought.
They were already doing sewers in the early Republic? Wow, that’s impressive as hell.
In the city of Rome itself, yes. I don’t know that they did it in any surrounding Roman-controlled towns. The Cloaca Maxima is said to date to the days of the Roman Kingdom.
Wow, the damn sewer is somewhere near the top of my list to see if I’m ever in Rome now. Who would have thought.