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Water Across a Bridge (Pont du Gard)

Roman aqueducts carried water toward towns and cities using a carefully controlled slope. The Pont du Gard in southern France is one of the best-known surviving aqueduct bridges.

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How it connects

Pons means bridge, and aqua gives English words such as aqueduct and aquatic.

Latin words that go with this card: pons, aqua, urbs.

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