Top 13: Largest Aquariums in the World
The word Aquarium combines the latin root aqua, which means water, and the suffix arium, meaning “a place for relating to”. The aquariums have existed since the Roman Empire, where the first fish, a sea barbel, was brought indoors, and was kept under guest beds in small tanks made of marble. When glass panes were introduced, around the year 50 AD, Romans replaced one wall of marble tanks, thereby improving their view of the fish. …