tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post2871178179400194045..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: Spain Notes: "I Came to Shoot Crap, So Let's Shoot Crap!"Bucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-5826534350360581052013-05-28T01:19:02.645-07:002013-05-28T01:19:02.645-07:00More prosaically, memory says there were malaria-i...More prosaically, memory says there were malaria-infested swamps south of Th, e City (well, swamps infested with malaria-carrying mosquitos, but I don;t know that the Romans had made that connection), Other words, the local water wasn't safe so importing it far off places made some sense,<br /><br />And as for the peculiar "geft" that me the Romans aqueduct builders, it was the invention of cement, the same miracle product that allowed them to build so many roads and (relatively) tall buildings in their cities. It may have been the ONLY Roman invention, for that matter -- clever people, the Romans, in many ways, but invention just doesn't seem to have been their forte.mike shupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383379836883992742noreply@blogger.com