ROMAN PUBLIC HEALTH

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BGS History GCSE Revision Tests
Roman Public Health
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1) Which four things made up the Roman public
health system? 4

• AQUEDUCTS
• PUBLIC BATHS
• PUBLIC TOILETS
• SEWERS

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2) Why did the Romans think it was so important
to keep their army healthy?

• HEALTHY ARMY
• HEALTHY EMPIRE

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3) As well as the army, which other group in
Roman society helped build the public health
system?

• SLAVES

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4) What problem had the Romans noted about
living near marshes?

• Lots of people caught a fever as a result.
• We know today that this is called malaria.

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5) What did they do as a result?

• They drained the marshes.

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6) What important link had the Romans made
which was key to explaining illness?

• THE LINK BETWEEN DIRT AND DISEASE.
• They had worked out that if you wanted to stay
  healthy you had to stay clean.

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7) In the hospitals they built, the ideas of
which type of doctors dominated?

• Greek doctors, in particular
• Hippocrates
• (4 Humours and Clinical Observation)
• Galen (Treatment of the Opposites)