Talk:Roman aqueduct

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[edit] "..still maintain..."

 Many cities still maintain and use the ancient aqueducts for their water supply even today.[citation needed]

This is true, or trueish; at least one (I think just one) aqueduct still flows into the city of Rome, supplying some fountains. I've not heard that cities still use them as a water-source for anything else, like drinking water, but it seems plausible. Anyways, I no longer have the book, so I can't cite this -- but don't remove it. --Xiaphias 06:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Venter Bridge

There is a reference to a venter bridge. I am a registered civil engineer with 20+ years experience, and have never heard this term before. Could someone create a link, or expand on the topic?

Obviously I am not the one to do that :o)

[edit] hey

who keeps writing 'fucking' all over the pages?????? 10:30, 8 June 2006 211.31.58.98 (hey)

That would be you, now wouldn't it? Look at the history of the article. Lao Wai 10:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] oh good

oh good somebody has deleted them.. someones pranking us... 10:30, 8 June 2006 211.31.58.98 (

That would be me deleting them and you repeatedly vandalising the page. Now go away. Lao Wai 10:32, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I wrote those new articles on Flyff for elementors and stuff I rock!!! Oh yeah I have to make a powerpoint over the aqueducts and I cant think of anything but " They are big tubes that water runs down BLAH BLAH BLAH" plz help. ^_^

[edit] Josh

All articles on ancient roman aqueducts shouldbe merged into one big article and it enables users to find information quick and more efficiently. Josh. 59.100.88.57

Umm, no offense but newbies ought not delete an entire talk page. They should also sign their comments with four tildas (~)s. But apart from that, welcome, hello, which pages did you have in mind? Lao Wai 20:18, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
It makes little sense to have two articles with names that mean the same and contents that relate to the same, please merge sympathetically. NoelWalley 18:10, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
No, they shouldn't be merged. That's like merging 'American Freeway System' with 'Washington Turnpike'. One article relates to the *empire* of Rome, one to the *city*; don't let the fact that they've the same name confuse you.
But the information in the Empire article includes most of the info in the City article, and has a zippier table. Mlouns 00:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Longest aqueduct

Someone recently changed the article naming a new longest aqueduct based on a source added at the same time. I will endeavor to examine the new source. I also wonder why the previously mentioned "longest" is still shorter than the longest mentioned at List of Roman aqueducts by date. Thoughts anyone?—WAvegetarian (talk) 13:36, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that puzzled me too. The name "Mango" sounded slightly funny, so I just looked him up on bookfinder.com , and it seems legitimate: [1] But I still wonder about it, and I would like to know more. Mlouns 14:48, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Chloe UMM ima just doin a project. lmao —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.139.224.188 (talk) 19:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


             Victoria well i think this is all stupid so just go screw a pole ok ppls. l8er  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.40.177.80 (talk) 23:44, 27 May 2008 (UTC)