Public works

In today’s episode, you’ll hear that Romans were famous for their “public works” in the past. Public works—in the past or even today—are large projects (usually infrastructure) that give some benefit to a whole city, or to the public. An aqueduct carried water long distances across the city: that is an example of public works from long ago. (Today we have pipes!) But the new subway in Rome is an example of modern-day public works.