Nero
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[A] It wassubject to periodic inundations, by which the surrounding lands weresubmerged. An engineer had offered to drain the lake, inconsideration of receiving for his pay the lands which would be laiddry by the operation. But Claudius, who seemed to have quite a tastefor such undertakings, preferred to accomplish the work himself. Thecanal by which the water should be conveyed away, was to be formedin part by a deep cut, and partly by a tunnel through a mountain;and inasmuch as in those days ...the power now chiefly relied upon formaking such excavations, namely, the explosive force of gunpowder, was not known, any extensive working in solid rock was an operationof immense labor. When the canal was finished, Claudius determinedto institute a grand celebration to signalize the opening of it fordrawing off the water; and as he could not safely rely on thehydraulic interest of the spectacle for drawing such a concourse tothe spot as he wished to see there, he concluded to add to theentertainment a show more suited to the taste and habits of thetimes.
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[A] It wassubject to periodic inundations, by which the surrounding lands weresubmerged. An engineer had offered to drain the lake, inconsideration of receiving for his pay the lands which would be laiddry by the operation. But Claudius, who seemed to have quite a tastefor such undertakings, preferred to accomplish the work himself. Thecanal by which the water should be conveyed away, was to be formedin part by a deep cut, and partly by a tunnel through a mountain;and inasmuch as in those days ...the power now chiefly relied upon formaking such excavations, namely, the explosive force of gunpowder, was not known, any extensive working in solid rock was an operationof immense labor. When the canal was finished, Claudius determinedto institute a grand celebration to signalize the opening of it fordrawing off the water; and as he could not safely rely on thehydraulic interest of the spectacle for drawing such a concourse tothe spot as he wished to see there, he concluded to add to theentertainment a show more suited to the taste and habits of thetimes.
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