And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, April 2, 2021
A Roman Road near Klais, Germany today (connecting Verona and Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum)
Can't tell the width without a tape, but I think those "ruts" are trenches for drainage. I build roads, and if you don't deal with the water, the road won't last very long!
Now, THAT'S engineering!
ReplyDeleteBelieve those are Chariot wheel wear marks. Our present day "engineers" could learn a thing or two...
ReplyDeleteHmmm... Same width as today's modern RR tracks? Lemme check the internets.
ReplyDeleteI read an article that tied the diameter of the Shuttle solid fuel boosters back to the Roman chariots.
DeleteAnd a great story it is
DeleteI saw a few in Northern Italy on my visits there.
ReplyDeleteI was stationed in Augsburg with the Army - it is an awesome path, and see all the old Roman marks\markers around and outside the city.
ReplyDeleteJust spitballing, but it seems Roman wagons (far more used than chariots, btw) were just about the same width as a WWII jeep.
ReplyDeleteAnd, if you measured the spacing, it would be 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Same as US railroads, any 19th century buggy, etc. The Romans had the gauge.
ReplyDeleteCan't tell the width without a tape, but I think those "ruts" are trenches for drainage. I build roads, and if you don't deal with the water, the road won't last very long!
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