The Importance Of Public Services In Ancient Rome

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In Ancient Rome there was a lot of positives and negatives. One of Rome's elements was their Public Services. I would give Rome's Public Services a B-; I would give it a B- because they had a great idea for finding water and getting it to Rome but water that got to Rome wasn’t healthy. On the other hand their roads were great! The Romans had citizens that went and looked for water, they would find springs, ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water. They looked at the inhabitants to see if they had good hygiene and health. If the inhabitants had good health that meant that the water that they lived around was healthy. Though, their idea about how to find the water was good, one of their problems was that some water was under ground. If the water was under ground they would make pipes and the pipes were made of lead which wasn't healthy for the citizens of Rome. Now, even though the water wasn't the best part of Rome I think the road are one of the best factors. Romans were
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I would give this part of Rome an B+. One of the reasons I would give Rome's Promote Rule of Law an B+ is because Rome obtained their rights, but it just took so long. The people in Rome were tired of being ruled so they fought against their king, Tarquin The Proud. They were able to overthrow him. The citizens in Rome made a new government with no king, but a higher and lower class. The lower class in Rome felt like they were not being treated fairly and threatened to storm out of Rome unless they got equal rights. Then the citizens of Rome got their rights that they desired. In Rome there was something/(multiple of these items) called the Twelve Tables. These Twelve Tables stated the rules for equal rights for the rich and poor. Most of the poor citizens didn’t know how to read. But they were delighted that the rules were written down and that the rich couldn’t change any of them whenever they

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