Quote Originally Posted by andruejaysin
In ancient rome the fire dept. was a private company. If your house caught on fire they came out, but only actually put out the fire if you had enough money to pay them. Sounds crazy, huh? But that's how the US health care system works. Your house probably will never catch fire, but you are gonna get sick. In a couple thousand years people will look back and wonder why the richest, most powerful empire the world has ever seen tolerated such a situation.
Just wondering, what kind of technology would the Romans have to put out house fires? Did they actually have pressurized water to connect some hoses to?