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Pompeii's three-tier water system highlights Roman priorities

Original: 🚰 Pompeii ran three separate water systems: street sewer (hence the tall curbs — the street WAS the sewer), bathhouse/sa

A widely shared breakdown of Pompeii's infrastructure describes three separate water systems: street sewers with tall curbs that channelled waste, bathhouse supplies, and private house connections. In shortages, houses were cut off first, then baths, while the street sewer never stopped running. Commenters are struck by how Roman engineering deliberately prioritised public hygiene over private comfort.

Why now: People find it striking that ancient urban planning consciously ranked public sanitation above private convenience.

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• 🚰 Pompeii ran three separate water systems: street sewer (hence the tall curbs — the street WAS the sewer), bathhouse/sauna, and private houses. Shortage order: houses cut first, then baths, street/sewer never stopped. Public hygiene over private comfort, always. 23Homes | AAA… · 23homes@mstdn.business · 1

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