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A SUBWAY MAP OF ROMAN ROADS.
A SUBWAY MAP OF ROMAN ROADS. Annalisa sent me this reconstruction of a map of Roman roads as of about 125 AD in subway map form. Only important cities and major roads are shown. The designer notes that: “In the … Continue reading
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WATLING STREET—ROMAN ROADS TODAY.
WATLING STREET—ROMAN ROADS TODAY. I have come across references to Watling Street a number of times and finally thought to look it up on Google. Watling Street is the name given to a major Roman road which ran between Canterbury … Continue reading
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A CONTRAST WITH ROMAN ROADS.
A CONTRAST WITH ROMAN ROADS. Nick sent me this link with a comment on my posts about how Roman roads were constructed (for example, here). I had wondered whether the picture has been photoshopped. No, it’s not photoshopped. Here is … Continue reading
BAD ROADS AGAIN (COMMENT).
BAD ROADS AGAIN (COMMENT). I have learned from this blog that I am interested in roads and their effect on history. It is important that a Roman road was like a straight fifteen–foot high stone wall embedded in the ground. … Continue reading
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ROADS IN LAOS.
ROADS IN LAOS. I have discovered in writing this blog that I am fascinated by roads and how they extend markets and facilitate trade. I have posted several times on roads, including here and here. This article by Thomas Fuller … Continue reading
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“ALL ROME LEADS TO ROADS.”
“ALL ROME LEADS TO ROADS.” That was Mary Jane’s comment when I read her the news articles (here and here) about the display in Vienna for one day (November 26) of a copy made in the thirteenth century of a … Continue reading
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ROADS.
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ROADS. I have written about the difficulties of land transportation and the importance of Roman roads here and here. John Steele Gordon’s review of Tim Blanning’s THE PURSUIT OF GLORY discusses the improvements in English roads in the … Continue reading
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ROMAN ROADS AND ROMAN PARIS.
ROMAN ROADS AND ROMAN PARIS. Lee Bryant sent me a link to this wonderful site about what remains in Paris of the ancient Roman city. I posted here about how straight and severe the Roman roads were. This discussion of … Continue reading
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WERE ROMAN ROADS TOO STRAIGHT?
WERE ROMAN ROADS TOO STRAIGHT? This article describes how a lost Roman frontier road has been found in the Netherlands. It is thought that the road was used for trade as well as military purposes. The Roman Empire owed a … Continue reading
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BAD ROADS.
BAD ROADS. When my sister Mary Hockin came back from India, I asked her what surprised her, and she spoke of poor infrastructure and especially poor roads. My cousin Judy Bennett sent me this post about Russia. Malcolm Gladwell described … Continue reading
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