aquaducts in rome

In this short paper I will discuss three main subjects. One will be the problem regarding landowners and their responsibility towards aqueduct maintenance. Second, I’ll introduce my source of information and give a short summary of it. Third and finally I will discuss and answer some main questions from the textbook asking about the proclamation sent by Emperor Theodosius. The problem was maintenance on the aqueducts. Who was responsible for the upkeep? For those …

…to upkeep the aqueduct in fear of loosing his land. In addition, by allowing tax breaks to individuals with aqueducts going through their land they would be more receptive to the idea of this. The political ramifications to the decree by the Emperor, I would think are few to nil. His decree had everyone one as the winner. The city got its water, the landowner received tax cuts, which was more money in his pocket