1As you have begun, my dearest Secundus, examine carefully whether that place which you regard as suspect can support the work of an aqueduct. 1Nor do I think there should be any doubt that water should be brought to the colony of Sinope, provided it can achieve this with its own resources, since the project will contribute a great deal both to its health and to its enjoyment.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.91
Trajan approves the aqueduct
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