Ma kēia ʻatikala e ʻike ʻoe i ka nui o ka ʻike e pili ana i nā aqueducts Roma, pehea i kūkulu ʻia ai lākou, pehea i koho ʻia ai ke kumu kumu, pehea i koho ʻia ai ke ala, etc. ʻO kēia nā memo i lawe ʻia mai nā mokuna ʻelua nā aqueducts o ka moʻo ʻenehana Roman a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe aʻu e waiho nei ma ka hope.
Ke kamaʻilio ka poʻe he nui e pili ana i nā aqueducts, manaʻo lākou i nā pio, e like me ko ka aqueduct Segovia, akā he hapa wale nō ia. ʻO ka aqueduct ke kahawai a pau mai ka pūnāwai a i ʻole ke kumu kumu a hiki i ke kūlanakauhale e hele ai, a ma kēia huakaʻi e alakaʻi ʻia ka wai ma nā ala like ʻole, mai nā paipu kepau i kanu ʻia, nā paipu pōhaku alelo-a-groove, nā awāwa, nā tunnel pōhaku, mai nā siphon i hoʻohuli ʻia, nā decanters, nā mea hoʻokaʻawale i nā arches, ʻo nā mea āpau he ʻāpana o ka hana nui o ka ʻenekinia hydraulic.
Nā mea nui
Ke ʻimi mau nei ka poʻe Roma i nā kumu o ka maikaʻi a me ke kahe. ʻAʻole lākou i hoʻolako i ka wai mai nā muliwai a me nā ʻauwai i nā kūlanakauhale, akā mai nā pūnāwai maikaʻi loa, e lawe mai ana i ka wai mai nā wahi a pau e pono ai.