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Roman Megastructures

Well, the idea is that the aqueduct starts somewhere that's higherthan where it finishes

Well, the idea is that the aqueduct starts somewhere that's higher
than where it finishes

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Well, the idea is that the aqueduct
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starts somewhere that's higher than where it finishes.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:37
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, history

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50 BC: Julius Cesar reigned supreme over Gaul. But this was no simple military conquest. Rome wanted to spread its greatness, bringing civilization to the defeated barbarians now part of the Empire. Rome's new territory was transf...
S01 • E02 Because, if you take Lyon, for example, again, with another - Roman Megastructures 00:09
Because, if you take Lyon, for example, again, with another
S01 • E01 To protect this mint, Lyon was sent an elite force of 500 men, - Roman Megastructures 00:08
To protect this mint, Lyon was sent an elite force of 500 me...
S01 • E03 And so what you want is to have a very gentle slope, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
And so what you want is to have a very gentle slope,
S01 • E01 Lyon's importance is very much emphasised - Roman Megastructures 00:09
Lyon's importance is very much emphasised
S01 • E03 And it's been calculated at one millimetre per metre. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
And it's been calculated at one millimetre per metre.
S01 • E02 Nimes, again, maybe between 30,000 and 40,000. - Roman Megastructures 00:04
Nimes, again, maybe between 30,000 and 40,000.
S01 • E03 So the trick was to actually create a channel - Roman Megastructures 00:08
So the trick was to actually create a channel
S01 • E02 So Arles was certainly up there - Roman Megastructures 00:05
So Arles was certainly up there
S01 • E01 And it's also the only provincial city, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
And it's also the only provincial city,
S01 • E03 For this, Roman surveyors used a chorobates, - Roman Megastructures 00:09
For this, Roman surveyors used a chorobates,
S01 • E01 Were the Fishbones used to protect the stock of coins - Roman Megastructures 00:07
Were the Fishbones used to protect the stock of coins
S01 • E01 The only certainty is that they were connected to the Rhone river, - Roman Megastructures 00:08
The only certainty is that they were connected to the Rhone ...
S01 • E03 If it doesn't overflow, then the chorobates - Roman Megastructures 00:05
If it doesn't overflow, then the chorobates
S01 • E02 Like Rome, its model, - Roman Megastructures 00:06
Like Rome, its model,
S01 • E03 The user then simply aims the tool and determines the height - Roman Megastructures 00:06
The user then simply aims the tool and determines the height
S01 • E02 In 260 AD, the city went up in flames - Roman Megastructures 00:07
In 260 AD, the city went up in flames
S01 • E03 The route of the Lutetia aqueduct was thus traced - Roman Megastructures 00:07
The route of the Lutetia aqueduct was thus traced
S01 • E02 Like elsewhere in Gaul, - Roman Megastructures 00:05
Like elsewhere in Gaul,
S01 • E03 But the engineers encountered a problem - - Roman Megastructures 00:10
But the engineers encountered a problem -
S01 • E01 While struggling to find the reason behind the Fishbones, - Roman Megastructures 00:09
While struggling to find the reason behind the Fishbones,