Aquariums – Then and now
Dec 15, 2009
One of the leading public aquariums in the world today Monteray Bay aquarium
The tradition of keeping fish and other aquatic creatures in captivity indoors goes back at least as far as the Roman Empire, and the Chinese began moving their gold carps back and forth between ornamental outdoor ponds and small indoor display containers during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The word aquarium is a combination of the Latin word aqua, meaning water, and the Latin suffix -arium, which roughly means “a place for relating to”.
The word has stayed roughly the same in many languages around the world and can be understood in most languages and not just the romance languages that are based on latin such as Spanish and Italian. continue reading »
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