Running Water In Ancient Rome

Running water is a given today but in the ancient world they didn’t have that privilege. Rome took many years to build a system for running water and eventually Rome had the best water supply in the ancient world. All the water eventually flowed into their new sewage system called the Cloaca Maxima. Ancient Rome had eight hundred and fifty private baths, eleven public ones and the largest one covered 32 acres. They also had one thousand three hundred public drinking fountains and one hundred and forty-four toilets. Even after all of that the Romans had enough water left over to fill the Colosseum. If you do not know what the Colosseum is a sports arena for gladiator battles. Not only did Rome had the first running water but also the first heating system called the hypocaust. The hypocaust was helpful during the cold winters that Rome encountered. The
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These buildings include the Colosseum, the Pantheon, and Circus Maximus. Circus Maximus was the biggest sports stadium ever made and was built in the sixth century. Circus Maximus is not only a stadium but also a band in America and Norway. The Pantheon is another national landmark. The Pantheon shows that Rome was a multicultural empire because the inscription on the front is Latin and is spoken by many in Rome. The Pantheon itself is dedicated to the Roman gods. The Pantheon inspired architecture in the United States of America such as the Jefferson memorial which was inspired by the Pantheon. The Pantheon has it’s own replica in Paris, France. The real Pantheon was built four times. It got destroyed twice and then emperor Hadrian ordered it to be taken down and rebuilt with the dome shape. The Pantheon you see today is not the real Pantheon. The architecture in ancient Rome helped inspire many famous buildings in america such as the already mentioned Jefferson memorial but also National Gallery of