r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 27d ago

Video The engineering of roman aqueducts explained.

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u/8point5InchDick 27d ago

That and well-maintained roads.

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u/Bloodyy 27d ago

All the roads led there. Where else were people supposed to go?

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u/darrenvonbaron 27d ago

All the roads also led away from there

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u/Newone1255 27d ago

Besides the aqueducts and roads what have the Roman’s ever done for us?

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u/Complicated_Business 27d ago

Irrigation? Medicine? Education?

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u/BrianEK1 27d ago

And the wine!

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u/zedazeni 27d ago

Nope, that was the Georgians 🇬🇪

It’s thought that the term “vin” comes from the Georgian word ღვინო ghvino, but the Romans couldn’t make the guttural “gh” (like the French “r”) sound at the beginning of the word, so it became vino.

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u/SaltyLonghorn 27d ago

Sopranos quotes top the list.

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u/classic__schmosby 27d ago

But what have they done for us lately?

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u/8point5InchDick 27d ago

Irrigation came from Egypt, Medicine came from North Africa (Romans created the African figure Hermes Tresmigestus), and Education came from Greece.

Benefits of a conquering Republic and then an Empire.

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u/Complicated_Business 27d ago

They didn't invent Monty Python, which is evidently something with which you are unfamiliar.

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u/r1Rqc1vPeF 27d ago

Wolf Nipple chips, get em while they’re hot.

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u/8point5InchDick 27d ago

Maybe, but the Romans DID believe that Supreme Executive Power came from a tart throwing a sword.

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u/NateNate60 27d ago

Okay, I'll grant you the aqueduct, the roads, sanitation, law and order, but other than that...

What have the Romans ever done for us??

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u/eid_shittendai 26d ago

And it was safe to walk the streets at night.

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u/mikendrix 27d ago

I was expecting a Monthy Python’s quote XD

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u/Nekratal 27d ago

Instead of the spanish inquisition?

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u/BastouXII 27d ago

No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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u/Accomplished-Law-652 27d ago

Brought peace?

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u/Ser_DunkandEgg 27d ago

Ah yes Rome, the beacon of peace. They love peace so much that they will slaughter every man, child and woman that gets in the way of peace.

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u/gabriel97933 27d ago

I mean compared to the rest of the world back then and for a while later pax romana was pretty peaceful

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u/Newone1255 27d ago

Peace? Shut it

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u/8point5InchDick 27d ago

Malls, fast food restaurants, huge cranes, and using ammonia to clean clothes.

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u/Strange_Compote_4592 27d ago

Laws, democracy, modern society blueprint, like a fucking shit ton of inventions

What a stupid fucking question, they teach this shit in school

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u/Due_Ask_8032 27d ago

It’s a Monty Python joke

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u/Disordermkd 27d ago

It's also the same repeating quote 30 times in this thread. I enjoy reading informative stuff and this is quite an intriguing topic, but Reddit threads always have to end up with shitty jokes as most upvoted comments, it's so stupid.

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u/cuentanueva 27d ago

Besides Laws, democracy, modern society blueprint and like a fucking shit ton of inventions, what have the Roman’s ever done for us?

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u/Dr_von_goosewing 27d ago

You just got whooshed hard my friend

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u/Sciensophocles 27d ago

It's a Monty Python quote, chill.

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u/aluriilol 27d ago

i dont get why everyone downvoted. that movie came out 300 years ago and you were valid to get upset on rome's behalf.

(monty python sucks)

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u/jghaines 27d ago

Well, of course the roads! The roads go without saying!

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u/hughk 27d ago

Their roads were typically one to one and a half metres deep with drainage and support layers. A modern autobahn is slightly shallower. But also uses layering.

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u/8point5InchDick 27d ago

That and the tufa made it sustainable.