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Construction
The Aqua Virgo aqueduct to Rome is destroyed by the Goths. See also 338 ce Construction; 1453 Construction.
ToolsThe Roman general Belisarius [b. c. 505, d. 565] installs water wheels on boats moored on the Tiber River during a siege of Rome by the Ostrogoths; this type of water wheel will become very common in European towns during the Middle Ages. See also 400 ce Energy.






