The transition economy might have problems with rising unemployment, inflation, lack of entrepreneurship and skills, corruption, lack of legal system, moral hazard and inequality. With these problems that the transition economy will have, it might turn foreign investors and will not invest.
In the year 100 it would only be logical to try to keep protests down. With an empire stretching from Northern Scotland All the way to Rome Italy. If you tried to simply suppress a population that large every loyal Roman Man would have to drafted and sent to the Legions to fight their own disloyal subjects. While if they keep the barbs content they can turn their eye to their enemies such as Boadicea or the Parthians.
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Nuclean plants need to be kept at a relatively low temperature, which means that they need a lot of cooling. The most widely used cooling technique is water circulation (similar to central heating system) and this is why a lot of water is used.