![]() ![]() ![]() Agrippa even created more than 700 fountains and 130 public springs. Moreover, Agrippa was appointed as a Curator Aquarum, (water expert) and built Aqua Virgo in the late 20th century. Aqua Marcia, built in 144 BC was the first water transfer to the city using bridges (at least in part). Aqua Appia, created in 272 BC, for example, transported water to Rome underground, not only saving money and time, but also preventing water from contamination by hostile forces. At the same time, there was a pervasive thought that connects the state of water with health, as also comes from the writing of water treaties, such as that of Sextus Julius Frontinus (30 AD-104 AD) entitled De Aquis Urbis Romae, but more generally by laws, where a penalty for anyone contaminating water sources. Water was running and even though high-strung families could have it and in their own home it did not exclude the poor to be able to get it from some cistern. The first beneficial invention in terms of public health and the further development of life expectancy were aqueducts. īeyond the field of legislation, the Roman administration intervened in the field of public health in other ways as well. However, the numbers of medici publici were significantly increased only in the late Roman imperial period, that is, in the 2nd century AD. These community doctors were also responsible for the identification and the mitigation of emerging infections. The State also appointed physicians examining whether hygienic measures needed to be implemented in particular areas of the city. Moreover, new sanctuaries of Asclepius were founded in Tiber Island in order to protect Roman population from possible infections coming from ill people who were displaced outside Roman walls. In 293 BC cremations were performed outside the borders of Rome. When the Roman State transitioned from the royal period to the democracy, new laws for the protection of public health were established. ![]()
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