Friday, April 2, 2021

A Roman Road near Klais, Germany today (connecting Verona and Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum)

 


10 comments:

  1. Believe those are Chariot wheel wear marks. Our present day "engineers" could learn a thing or two...

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  2. Hmmm... Same width as today's modern RR tracks? Lemme check the internets.

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    1. I read an article that tied the diameter of the Shuttle solid fuel boosters back to the Roman chariots.

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  3. I saw a few in Northern Italy on my visits there.

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  4. I 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.

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  5. Just spitballing, but it seems Roman wagons (far more used than chariots, btw) were just about the same width as a WWII jeep.

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  6. And, 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.

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  7. 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!

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