There’s a reason why Roman structures are still plentiful to this day... They knew how to build stuff. Most, if not all of todays structures will not be around 2,000+ years from now... Actually... Lot’s of them won’t be around in 100 years.
/bingo
We need to ressurect some of these Romans.
I’m snarking ‘cause I’ve had only one before-dinner drink. As background - I’m an engineer, not civil, [friends say “absolutely not civil - he can be an ass”] but good engineers are cross-trained. I’ve designed and built small bridges and my own and ocean-side homes in Brazil.
Why snark?
In the last week, re the Francis Scott Key Bridge
True that. There are 13 aqueducts in Italy that were built in the Roman era. Three of them are still working. That’s incredible. No mechanical devices other than simple gradation.