Capitoline Museums, Rome Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI Rome is known for many things: its military conquests, its civic architecture ... and reach of the Roman aqueduct. Striding across the ...

Vitruvius wrote ten books on architecture and he wrote about finding ... Frontinus, who wrote a handbook on the Roman aqueduct system in about A.D. 100, describes how the water would arrive ...

Aqueducts are one of the wonders of the Roman Empire. These graceful structures are not only majestic, but are engineering marvels that survive to this day. In "Construct an Aqueduct," you are ...

Ancient Roman architecture has had a lasting impact on towns and cities across the world. From roads and aqueducts to villas, palaces and spas, the Romans were responsible for many aspects of our ...

The bridge is not only a feat of architecture ... The Pont du Gard is a symbol of the Roman Empire’s influence in Gaul. The Nîmes aqueduct, of which the bridge is the most impressive part ...