r is collected in a basin. On the bottom of the circular basin were holes that led to pipes, these fed essential civil locations. Private users were connected to the basin by pipes on the sides of the basins (Cornell and Matthews 185).Rome's Punic Wars enemy Carthage was conquered and then an aqueduct was constructed that conveyed water over 50 kilometers from a source near Zaghovan to Carthage (Cornell and Matthews 185). When water to be directed to a location was at a lower level than the place where it to the Romans needed to be directed found a way the to raise water up. They used waterwheels to lift the water up. The wheels themselves were powered by treadmills (Cornell and Matthews 185).Rome's mill architecture was also very genius. They used waterwheels to turn millstones and produce flour. One mill could produce enough flour to satisfy a population of 80,000 (Cornell and Matthews 185).Roman architecture forever shaped our modern architecture. Architecture in the Middle Ages was also influenced by it. Some of the world's most famous buildings were built by Rome or influenced by it (Bernard 66).With knowledge borrowed from the Greeks, Rome made impressive architectural achievements, these were namely major attributes of buildings, colossal structures, and a legacy that would influence later buildings (Cornell and Matthews 11).The Romans succeeded in building some of the most architecturally sound buildings of ancient times. They ideas were the forerunners of architectural practices today....
