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Ancient Roman water supply diagram (lemmy.world)

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health...what have the Romans ever done for us??

[–] thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You forgot language

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

And the unified currency!

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Orgies?

[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That was the ancient Greeks I believe