Tempore Romano moles aedificatae sunt, quae urbibus etiam anni torrido siccitate tempore usum aquae securum praestarent. Romani antiqui rudus concretum invenerunt, tum opus caementicium appellatum, quocum moles prioribus grandiores fieri potuerunt, ut puta moles, quae tempore imperatoris Diocletiani in lacu prope Emesam facta adhuc in usu est. Altissima moles Romana fuit illa Sublaci prope Romam constituta altitudine 50 metrorum, ut traditum est, quae anno 1305 deleta est.
Praeterea multi lacus molibus creati hominibus spatium refectionis et artis athleticae exercendae praebent. Saepe etiam pisciculturae utilitatem afferunt.
Pericula oecologica
Moles, quae valles praecludunt, natura rerum plurimum mutata saepe maximos effectus oecologicos et circumiectorum naturalium detrimenta habet. Modus, quo aquae naturaliter profluunt, admodum mutari solet.
Quo grandior moles est, eo maius periculum; eventus futuri prospici nequeunt. Cum flumen multam arenam, glareas, saxa secum fert, moles tali materia obduci potest.
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