History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . nthese works. In mod-ern times Lyons, be-tween her two rivers,was long insufficientlysupplied with water;and the same was truein the case of the former city theRomans had been ableto raise water to 1110 si im-mit of Fourvieres, andin the latter to bringit by the Pont du Gardfrom the pure springsof the and Amphitheatres. — That the Roman theatres weremore harmful than useful to the public, was not the fault of those 1 Water for drinking purposes per day per head: at Rome (i
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . nthese works. In mod-ern times Lyons, be-tween her two rivers,was long insufficientlysupplied with water;and the same was truein the case of the former city theRomans had been ableto raise water to 1110 si im-mit of Fourvieres, andin the latter to bringit by the Pont du Gardfrom the pure springsof the and Amphitheatres. — That the Roman theatres weremore harmful than useful to the public, was not the fault of those 1 Water for drinking purposes per day per head: at Rome (isfi9), m.; at Paris(1875), m.; at London (1874), m. (Reclus, Nouv. geogr. univ. p. 471). - The aqueduct of Segovia is 216 feet high, the Pont du < lard 155 feet. The Anio Vetus,constructed 272, is 43,000 paces long; the Aqua Marcia,va 144,62,000; the Anio Novus,in 52, 59,000. The total length of all the conduits which bring water to Rome was 263miles, of which nearly twenty were on arches (Saglios Diet, des Antiq. : Aqueducs). 3 Statue from the Villa A DANCER.
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