Water Supply Sources

Question 1

Seneca the Younger letters

“Add those who jump into the pool with an enormous splash”

Answer 1

shows the water supply is plentiful

Question 2

Vitruvius on Architecture

Answer 2

Shows how the system works

Question 3

Vitruvius on Architecture

“A reservoir should be built”

Answer 3

Shows good organisation

Safety precautions

Question 4

Vitruvius on architecture
“In the middle one are put the pipes leading into all pools and fountains, in the second one are the pipes for the baths, in the third one are the pipes for private houses”

Answer 4

Only happened in big cities (eg Rome)

Vitruvius thought that those who drew water privately should pay to keep up the aqueducts through taxes

Question 5

Was purification effective

Answer 5

No

Question 6

Aqueducts =

Answer 6

Water/arrive

Question 7

What were the main source of water for poor people

Answer 7

Wells

Question 8

What were the main source of water for rich people

Answer 8

Rain water through their compluvium into the impluvium

Question 9

Was the sewage system efficient?

Answer 9

No, it would often spill onto the streets

Question 10

Seneca the younger

Answer 10

Shows that the baths were very popular and busy
The water system was used a lot
It was central to the community

Question 11

What does Vitruvius say that water was fed through

Answer 11

Pipes (made of lead)

Question 12

What did the use of tanks prevent

Answer 12

Shortage of water for public use

Question 13

Examples of sources

Answer 13

Seneca the Younger Letters 56.1-2 Public baths

Vitruvius On Architecture 8.6.1-2 The water supply