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 derived from latin and consists of the two words aqua, which most people know means water and the suffix -arium, which roughly means “a place for relating to”.

This Latin origin of the word can be seen in many different languages and not only in romance languages like Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Read More→