Friday, January 29, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Caesar's Bridge
This is one view of "Caesar's Bridge" that the legions built across the Rhenus (Rhine) River. It was built for the purpose of putting the Roman Army across the river to show the Germanic Tribes that it could be done by the Romans. Two weeks after it was built, the army recrossed the bridge and then destroyed it.
Roman Road network from Rome in the central portion of Italy
This map shows the main highways leading from Rome.
The roads were long in use after the Empire had fallen into disarray and at least one of the roads is still in use.
Roads Leading from Rome
It is thought that this map is a reproduction of an original Roman map. This is the portion showing Rome and the roads leading from and to it called the Peutinger Map, which was reproduced by literary monks some time during the dark ages.
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