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And they are all dead now...

No, the Romans didn't "try" aquaducts - they built and used them for
centuries.

http://www.inforoma.it/feature.php?lookup=aqueduct

It has been calculated that in imperial times, when the city's population
was well over a million, the distribution system was able to provide over
one cubic meter of water per day for each inhabitant: more than we are
accustomed to use nowadays.

The aquaduct system was physically destroyed by barbarians who invaded the
country.

Blackadder XXIV wrote:

The aquaduct system was physically destroyed by barbarians who invaded the
country.

Sure? The country had died anyway well before the barbarians decided
they'd had enough of their lands being pillaged by yhe romans and
decided to return the favour.