Roman Public Health by Abdirizaak Mohammed

Why the had a Public Health

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-07 11:07:13 UTC

The Roman ruler believed that he needed healthy soldiers to fight wars. In order to be healthy, they needed to keep their homes and places healthy. That is the reason behind making the public health system.

Factors of Change

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-07 11:10:06 UTC

War - the reason behind making the public health system was so that their soldiers were healthy. The soldiers were the ones that fought wars so because of war, the public health system was formed.

Teamwork - the Roman soldiers had to work together with engineers and designers to build the system.

Technology - they needed technology to create the aqueducts,the fountains and the reservoirs.

Money - they needed money to build these superb services so they raised the taxes that they charged on the people.

Key Features of the Roman Public Health

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-07 11:17:37 UTC

Roman Aqueduct

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-07 11:22:00 UTC

Made by the Roman Soldiers (Teamwork)

Roman Public Fountains

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-07 11:26:28 UTC

A public fountain was a way to access clean water. Many Romans were not rich enough to afford to have water piped to their houses so they would collect their water from the fountain.

Roman Reservoir

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-07 11:30:20 UTC

The main supply of the piped water. This reservoir would hold the water before distributing it to the system.

The System

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-07 11:32:19 UTC

The Romans had a superb system built by their soldiers. They used their soldiers because they were very strong but also because the system was initially built for them

Roman Public Latrines

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-08 08:10:40 UTC

The Romans had public toilets for people to use

Roman Bath Houses

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-08 08:18:53 UTC

These bath houses were there so that the poor, who could not afford private baths, would keep clean.

Private Homes

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-08 08:22:13 UTC

The private homes would recieve water through pipes from the aqueducts

How significant was the public health system in Ancient Rome

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-08 08:26:53 UTC

I belive that the Roman public health system was really significant as it was the first actual public health system. The Pre-Historic people did not have a public health system as there was no government. The Ancient Egyptians were close to having a public health system, but the poor still suffered. The Greeks were like the Egyptians so the Romans were the first. Their ideology that 'bad smells cause illnesses' was wrong but close because bad smells come from bad things and bad things cause illnesses. This meant that they tried to keep all bad things apart so the system would keep everybody clean including the poor as the public systems were all free. Even today, some countries do not have a public health system so the Romans having one 2000 years, is impressive.

Roman Sewers

abdirizaakmo — 2013-10-08 08:32:33 UTC

The Roman sewers were the final part of the system where all the dirty water/dirt/excrecion.

You could sail a boat on the sewers because all they did was take it to the rivers