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Ancient Roman Water Networks Made the Empire Vulnerable
Anncient Romans were masters of water manipulation. They moved fresh water around their vast empire with aqueducts and canals. Farmers shipped their wares across the seas to big cities such as Alexandria, Memphis and Rome. Trade routes allowed people to live on dry and infertile land, fed by grain from more productive regions—shades of Southern California. Now a model of water and grain trade in the Roman Empire offers an intriguing tool for predicting what may...
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