Cloaca Maxima, Rome, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.

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Cloaca Maxima, Rome, c20th century. The Cloaca Maxima is one of the world's earliest sewage systems. Constructed in Ancient Rome in order to drain local marshes and remove the waste of one of the world's most populous cities,

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Photo credit: © © CM Dixon/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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