https://padlet.com/mullinsk5/34rnbw47nor5n1dy en-us 2020-10-27 17:59:19 UTC 2024-10-15 09:39:05 UTC hello@padlet.com mullinsk5 https://padlet.com/mullinsk5/34rnbw47nor5n1dy/wish/866935257 The aqueduct was a Roman invention, created by Appius Claudius Caecus. An aqueduct is a structure built to convey water. The main point of the aqueduct was to give Romans clean water and to convey water from its source to a distribution point.]]> 2020-10-27 17:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mullinsk5/34rnbw47nor5n1dy/wish/866935257 mullinsk5 https://padlet.com/mullinsk5/34rnbw47nor5n1dy/wish/866992207 This is a plan of a city in Rome. Roman towns were built on star-aligned grids. The famous saying, "Rome wasn't built in a day", is true! Every spot in this plan was laid out specifically to follow strong symbolic aspects, linking to astronomy.]]> 2020-10-27 18:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mullinsk5/34rnbw47nor5n1dy/wish/866992207 mullinsk5 https://padlet.com/mullinsk5/34rnbw47nor5n1dy/wish/867034885 The Aqueduct was built for the specific purpose of giving people, (Romans) clean water. They even had plumbing! This was revolutionary for the rest of the world.]]> 2020-10-27 18:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mullinsk5/34rnbw47nor5n1dy/wish/867034885 mullinsk5 https://padlet.com/mullinsk5/34rnbw47nor5n1dy/wish/867062107 The layout that the Romans used for these grid plans were based on something called a castrum, meaning a military camp. The cities always consistently had walls surrounding a rectangle, and streets that were organized in a grid to form residential areas. This was the beginning of city-planning and blueprints.]]> 2020-10-27 18:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mullinsk5/34rnbw47nor5n1dy/wish/867062107