• • Good for information about aqueeducts doesn't have anything about legacy!!!
• • "Roman Aqueducts." Schoolhistory.co.uk/. Mr J. Thorpe, unknown. Web. 15 May 2013. <http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links/romans/aqueducts.pdf>.

• • Really has what the Romans have done for us and examples.

• • Really helped me decide what my legacy was going to be!!!!

• Citizens of regions conquered by Rome were the beneficiaries of Roman innovations such as a (public) fresh water supply, bridges over previously impassable rivers, roads linking all parts of the empire (especially to the capital) and incredible public buildings like the forums and baths.  They were more easily persuaded into acceptance once the Romans arrived when they saw or heard of these innovations which they realized could have such a huge and beneficial impact on their lifestyles.
• The first thing the Romans did upon entering a new region, after winning the war that gained them their new territory, was construct roads and bridges.  This was the best way to “Romanize” the new areas, as it permitted easier communication between the colony and the mother country.  The roads all led to the capital, which solidified its position as the centre of power, and also allowed the rulers easier and faster access to the colonies when necessary.  It has been said that at the peak of Rome’s power, one could travel from the English Channel all the way to Rome without ever fording a stream, simply because the Romans had built so many bridges to link its colonies.   As the Romans were the first to master bridge building on such a large scale, they had a huge influence on the people in even the most remote regions.  Places that had been impassible could suddenly be crossed by bridge.  The bridges were a commanding presence on the landscape as well, easily conveying the sense of who was in power and influencing the people of the region.  The Puente Alcantara in Spain can perhaps best show the expansive influence that the Romans held through their bridges, (Images 1 and 2).  Built in AD100 and still standing today, Puente Alcantara reaches 164 feet at its highest point, is 600 feet long and has spans of 92 to 98 feet wide.  Such an example of architecture so far from the centre of power is a lasting monument to the influential power once held by the Romans.   People were drawn into conformity when they saw the superior skills of the Romans, who also perfected pile driving for the construction of bridges and built each bridge arch as self-supporting to avoid damage to the entire structure if only one portion was damaged.   The Roman use of the arch itself, which had never been used to such a great extent before, is itself the main reason they were able to build the huge and influential structures that they were. 
   
• The use of the arch was of course not limited to bridges; it was common in all Roman architecture of the time.  The next major use for it in the new colonies, however, was in the construction of a water supply system—the system of Roman aqueducts.  Rome already had an extensive system of aqueducts to supply the city with fresh water, and the Romans used the same system in other regions to civilize the “barbarian” tribes they had just subdued.   Such a system was unheard of in other civilizations.  The Romans were a very sanitary and hygienic people to whom fresh water was very important.  The new colonies had never been concerned about such sanitation.  The Romans, however, were able to bring fresh water to the towns from long distances away by carrying it through tunnels and over valleys with their towering aqueducts.  This water was then used for the public baths and toilets, besides the expected drinking water.  The fact that this water was for the public, and not reserved for private use,  pleased people in the new colonies even more, and made them even more accepting of Roman control.  The actual aqueducts themselves, built by the Romans to carry the water, were perhaps even more influential.  Aqueducts like Pont du Gard at Nimes (Images 3 and 4), or Segovia in Spain (Image 5), the latter of which still carries water today, were monumental landmarks in the colonies where they were built and still are today.  That the Romans would build such magnificent and monumental structures for the sole purpose of supplying water to its colonies was likely overwhelming to those benefiting from it.

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• • Lot's of information about concrete like how it was made? and others!!!

• Roman Inventions

• Roman concrete (opus caementicium), like modern concrete, is an artificial   building material composed of an aggregate, a binding agent, and water.
• Concrete, as the Romans developed it, had some very definite technical   and practical advantages over the traditional, and mainly Greek, methods of   enclosing space by the use of cut-stone and post-and-beam structures.