Rome

Question 1

(7) Explain why the Romans gave so much attention to public health.

Answer 1

The Romans paid a lot of attention to public health because this reflected
the kind of people they were. They were not like the Greeks with lots of theories, they were practical. For example, they were good engineers so they
could build things like aqueducts.
They also gave attention to public health because they realised they need healthy army. This compelled them to build public baths for regulating hygiene, the Aquaduct for clean, running water and sewers to remove the ‘miasma’, bad smell, that they believed causes illness