Transcript Roman and Chinese engineering

Roman and
Chinese
Engineering
A process of cultural
diffusion and ingenuity!
rome
Aqueducts - built 4th-3rd
centuries BCE
shallow gradient (less than 1/200)
throughout the length of the aqueduct
Inside aqueduct
Pont du Gard; Nimes, France
Segovia,
Spain
Istanbul, Turkey
Spain
Rome
Roman Aqueduct system
Bath, England
Roman toilets - Sicily
Roman Roads
Appian Way – begun 4th century BCE
• 71 BC Spartacus & rebels were
executed by crucifixion, a
standard method
• 6000 crosses lined the via Appia
all the way to Capua
Roman Roads
Roman city construction
China
Chang’an – city walls
Great Wall
of China
Ancient
mountain
roads
Shi Huangdi’ tomb
Beginning of the Silk Road
Silk Road