... a roadbed. Rome alone needed 340 million gallons of water per day to supply its great arched baths and other needs. Surveyors made an imaginary line with measuring sticks and a chorobate, a leveling instrument like the level used today, to make a straight line for a profile map. The surveyors designed a plan to keep the water from rushing too fast. They made a system of a fall ... ...

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