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Egnatia Digs Reveal Roman Road Secrets
Kathimerini/AP ^
| 7-28-2005
| Costas Kantouris
Posted on 07/28/2005 4:51:21 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
07/28/2005 4:51:21 PM PDT
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blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/28/2005 4:51:53 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
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posted on
07/28/2005 4:53:50 PM PDT
by
Flavius
("... we should reconnoitre assiduosly... " Vegetius)
To: blam
"She said drivers held the reins with their right hand and wielded their whip with the left, so the Romans made drivers stay on the left to avoid the lash of oncoming riders and keep road-rage incidents to a minimum."
Driving on the left appears to date to Roman practices.
I wonder if it got to Britain with the Romans?
(I hold the reins in the left hand and the whip in the right.)
To: blam
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posted on
07/28/2005 5:12:46 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Standing athwart history, shouting, "Turn those lights off! You think electricity grows on trees?")
To: blam
I'm surprised they haven't found an abandoned Chariot by the side of the road, with the wheels and trim missing.
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posted on
07/28/2005 5:14:04 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: blam
By the way, these Roman roads, were also crowned to allow
rain water to run off.
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posted on
07/28/2005 5:15:13 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: blam
Its actually still in better shape than the roads in Cleveland.
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posted on
07/28/2005 5:22:41 PM PDT
by
fat city
(Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
To: blam
"This was a busy road, and the Romans managed to make it completely functional" That's cuz the orange barrel hadn't been invented yet.
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posted on
07/28/2005 5:26:09 PM PDT
by
Pessimist
To: truth_seeker
"I wonder if it got to Britain with the Romans? " I wondered the same thing.
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posted on
07/28/2005 5:32:02 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Pessimist
An ancient Roman sketch showed an early 'union' road crew. One guy was working leisurely while six others were leaning on shovels.
Later digs revealed a prototype for the first shovel that stood up by itself threatening the job of the average 'union' worker.
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posted on
07/28/2005 5:41:49 PM PDT
by
joe_broadway
(Talk is cheap.)
To: joe_broadway
An ancient Roman sketch showed an early 'union' road crew. One guy was working leisurely while six others were leaning on shovels.
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That matches current practices in the City of Chicago.
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posted on
07/29/2005 7:44:11 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
To: blam
guard posts built near narrow passes to curb highway robbery. Under Nero, the soldiers had to pay for their own leave time, and some resorted to highway robbery to get the coin.
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posted on
07/29/2005 7:49:06 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
To: blam
Wow!
That is really interesting.
Like the pics too!
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posted on
07/29/2005 7:54:55 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: blam
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posted on
07/29/2005 7:58:11 AM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
To: blam
One wonders if the road rage explanation (reins in right hand, whip in left) is also the reason why the practice of driving on the left was used in England.
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posted on
07/29/2005 8:02:11 AM PDT
by
wildbill
To: blam
Wow, a regular route (A.D.) 66! :-)
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posted on
07/29/2005 8:09:31 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(No rolling stone ever says, "I want to be a Bryologist when I grow up!")
To: blam
What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?
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posted on
07/29/2005 8:16:57 AM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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