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Roman and Chinese Engineering A process of cultural diffusion and ingenuity! rome Aqueducts - built 4th-3rd centuries BCE shallow gradient (less than 1/200) throughout the length of the aqueduct Inside aqueduct Pont du Gard; Nimes, France Segovia, Spain Istanbul, Turkey Spain Rome Roman Aqueduct system Bath, England Roman toilets - Sicily Roman Roads Appian Way – begun 4th century BCE • 71 BC Spartacus & rebels were executed by crucifixion, a standard method • 6000 crosses lined the via Appia all the way to Capua Roman Roads Roman city construction China Chang’an – city walls Great Wall of China Ancient mountain roads Shi Huangdi’ tomb Beginning of the Silk Road Silk Road
