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Roman Public Health Essay Public health is a provision that a government makes in order to preserve its peoples health. The Romans had the best public health system in the world it was unmatched until about fifteen hundred years after the empire fell. The Romans were the first use a public health system on a large scale. The efficient Roman government ensured good public health because they needed a healthy population to recruit from for their advanced army that held the empire together. Public health measures would also re assure the roman citizens over their government which would reduce the chance of a revolt against the government also if they kept the public healthy then the senate and all the rich and powerful people would not catch as many diseases off the citizens. The Romans had many advanced ideas that made public health possible. Their system of collecting taxes helped their...

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