Rome is famously known for many things such as it's engineering. Roads, building bridges, canals, and of course aqueducts. Aqueducts are highly advanced waterway system that could carry water from the farthest of places into Rome using only the force of gravity, some are even used today. These aqueducts were made with concrete, a mixture of lime powder, sand, and water. Paid laborers, slaves and the legions all had parts in building parts of the water system.
Information link: http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-aqueducts.php
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