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Roman water distribution (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least partially! Requests for proposals (and often accepting lowest bidder contracts on less prestigious projects - some things never change), contracts with private entities for public undertakings (societas publicanorum), and corporations (often using a curious form of limited liability in which a slave was technically and legally owner of the firm) all existed by the Late Republic/Early Empire!

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But on the other side of the Contracting table, a lot of water pipes were privately owned in Rome. And stealing water was very popular, if a pipe happened to pass by your house, it saved you a trip to a public source.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Or an expensive connection - farmers were always illegally tapping the pipes for agricultural purposes XD