1The people of Sinope, sir, are short of water; 1and it seems that good and plentiful water could be brought from the sixteenth milestone. 1There is, however, right at the source, for a little more than a mile, a place that is suspect and soft, which I have meanwhile ordered to be examined at moderate expense, to see whether it can take and support the work. 2Money, collected under my supervision, will not be lacking, if you, sir, grant this kind of work for the health and pleasure of a colony that is badly parched.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.90
An aqueduct for Sinope
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