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What did the Romans invent that you still use today in construction?
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∙ 11y ago
One invention that helped with the creation of modern Plumbing, irrigation, and sanitation was the Aqueducts. Other inventions of the Romans that are still in use today are concrete, newspapers, bound books, welfare, roads, the Julian Calendar, and battlefield surgery.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoYou might think concrete, but it is not exactly so. The Roman used pozzolana concrete. Pozzolana is volcanic ash composed predominantly of volcanic glass named after Pozzzuoli, a suburb of Naples where there is volcanic activity Then knowledge of how to make it got lost.
Today's concrete is called Portland cement. it is name is derived from Portland stone quarried of the Isle of Portland in England. It was developed in the 19th century
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