• Tar_Alcaran
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    72 months ago

    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.

    • @PugJesusOPM
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      52 months ago

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