The Roman Aqueduct

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The Roman Aqueduct

• Segovias Pride and Joy

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Topics

• Quick facts
• Important tools
• Why Segovia?
• Culture around the aqueduct
• Improvements

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Quick Aqueduct Facts

• Length. about 15 km (from río Acebeda)
  
• Height.. 28.1 m
• Number of pillars 120
• Number of total arches. 166 (top and bottom)
• Number of granite blocks.. 20,400!!!
• Heaviest Block Really flippin heavy
• Capacity 50 litres of water per person, per day
  for 33,000 people
• Segovias current population is 55,476

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Major Tools the Romans Used

• Groma
• Chorobates
• Crane

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A Groma
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A Chorobates
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The Roman Crane

• 3 pulleys
• (31)
• Flywheel
• or winch
• Lifts up to 6000kg!

• 3 pulleys
• (31)
• Flywheel or winch
• Lifts up to 6000 kg!

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A few strong men!
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The pinchers

• Modern day application lifting concrete highway
  dividers

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The WorkersTrademarks
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Interesting fact!

• The Romans did calculations with an abacus and
  had no concept of zero in their mathematics!

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Why Segovia?
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Luís says

• Before the Romans Barged in
• Castro Celtas grupos tribales
• Arebacos o Arevacos (es lo mismo)
• Vienen de los Celtas

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Psychological Warfare

• Their psychological strategy
• Build huge structures, geniusly-designed, with
  your own soldiers to show the power of the Empire
  and to what lengths they would use this power
• The Roman strategy against the Jews at Masada

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The Inscription (According to Mr. Géza Alföldy)

• The Inscription (According to Mr. Géza Alföldy)

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Virgen de la Fuencisla

• Used to be a pagan god
• Hercules (creator of Segovia)
• 4th century Roman Empire converted to
  Christianity

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• Pablos, Emiliano Alonso de. El Acueducto de
  Segovia Guia Didactica. 1992.
• Borreguero, Manuel De Frutos. Epoca y
  Concservación del Acueducto de Segovia.
• Salomone, Mónica. La leyenda del Acueducto.
  El Pais. Domingo, 22 de Septiembre de 1996.
• Luttwak, Edward. The Grand Strategy of the Roman
  Empire From the First Century
• A.D. To the Third. 1979.
• www.Wikipedia.com. Search words groma,
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• http//www.citypopulation.de/Spain-CastillayLeon.h
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• Conferencia De Alföldy F. Heinesobre La
  Inscripción Del Acueducto. Nov. 1992.
• Interview with Luis
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