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=﻿Famous Inventions of Ancient Rome= The ancient Romans created many useful inventions that they relied on to survive and as you will soon discover if you read onward is that their way of life is similar to our way of life in some ways. One of the inventions was named milling, the concept behind milling was that they tied a donkey to a wheel, so when the donkey walked around it started up the machine, they used the machine to ground grain.The ancient Romans also invented wine and made wine by putting grapes in a pot and leaving them out until the flies are attracted to it (this means they liquified) then drink it, doesn't sound very tasty! The ancient Romans also invented, shearing, the ancient Romans used shearers to shear the wool off lambs so they could use it to make other things, such as clothes.

An invention they used for their towns to travel over water was the bridge, they made the bridge out of wood and put the wood together with nails. They also invented other devices we use in our daily lives, such as pipes, baths, drains and the sewer. They made the pipes out of lead and taxed people for the pipes depending on the size of the pipes and how much water they used. People in Rome did not like this as it would cost a lot to have a bath, so most people went to local baths instead of bathing in their homes. The invention of the sewer is still used today but in ancient Rome when they used it, the sewerage got mixed with the clean water that people drank out of it, which made many people sick (they didn't know much about hygiene back them) but the ancient Romans soon discovered this and built special chanels excavated in the ground so the clean water goes through them and to the peoples houses, clean and sewerage free, the ancient Romans called them aqueducts.

Romans are also well known for inventing many different types of weaponary. They invented the ballista, the catapult, shields, swords and spears. They made their sheilds, swords and spears out of metal. The idea for the ballista was to make a giant crossbow that was very powerful and was usually assembled with wood, they did the same with making the catapult. The ballista and the catapult were ancient Rome's strongest weapons. In ancient Rome, it was discovered that many diseases were due to poor hygeine. They had gone on living without medicine for quite a while and had to start finding cures and fast. They made all their medicines out of herbs and also made sure that the head of every family knew of the importance of medicine and was knowledgeable with it. The Romans life expectency rose after they developed medicine and they found out more about medicine when Greek doctors stated to come over to ancient Rome to share their knowledge of medicine with them.

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