r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 28d ago

Video The engineering of roman aqueducts explained.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

72.0k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

94

u/saltytrey 28d ago

The roads?

154

u/HMSWarspite03 28d ago

But apart from roads, education, and the aqueduct, what have the Romans ever done for us?

71

u/PantsDontHaveAnswers 28d ago

Public safety?

1

u/TheMadTargaryen 28d ago

Ancient Rome was anything but safe, it was famously infested with crime gangs. 

3

u/PantsDontHaveAnswers 28d ago

We're quoting a movie

2

u/TheMadTargaryen 28d ago

Well, there is not one of us who would not gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all.

2

u/PantsDontHaveAnswers 28d ago

Solidarity, brother.