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History of construction

  • Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldIn the 2nd to 1st century BC, a Greek epigrammist named Antipater of Sidon wrote an inscription that listed seven marvels.
  • Roman aqueductIn 312 BC, the censor Appius Claudius Caecus commissioned Rome's first aqueduct. The Aqua Appia ran from a spring outside the city walls to the Forum Boarium…