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  2. Ancient Roman engineering - Wikipedia

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    Engineering was also institutionally ingrained in the Roman military, who constructed forts, camps, bridges, roads, ramps, palisades, and siege equipment amongst others. One of the most notable examples of military bridge-building in the Roman Republic was Julius Caesar's bridge over the Rhine River. This bridge was completed in only ten days ...

  3. Roman military engineering - Wikipedia

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    Roman military engineering was of a scale and frequency far beyond that of its contemporaries. Indeed, military engineering was in many ways endemic in Roman military culture, as demonstrated by each Roman legionary having as part of his equipment a shovel, alongside his gladius (sword) and pila (spears).

  4. Ancient Roman technology - Wikipedia

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    Pont du Gard (1st century AD), over the Gardon in southern France, is one of the masterpieces of Roman technology. Ancient Roman technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices which supported Roman civilization and made possible the expansion of the economy and military of ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD).

  5. The genius Roman creations that still amaze us today - AOL

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    Whoa: Unbeaten Roman engineering. ... Throughout Roman history, Germany was the final frontier where only the boldest of emperors would go. The remains of countless centuries of campaigning ...

  6. Technological history of the Roman military - Wikipedia

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    The technology history of the Roman military covers the development of and application of technologies for use in the armies and navies of Rome from the Roman Republic to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The rise of Hellenism and the Roman Republic are generally seen as signalling the end of the Iron Age in the Mediterranean.

  7. Roman roads - Wikipedia

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    The Appian Way, one of the oldest and most important Roman roads The Roman Empire in the time of Hadrian (r. 117–138), showing the network of main Roman roads Roman roads (Latin: viae Romanae [ˈwiae̯ roːˈmaːnae̯]; singular: via Romana [ˈwia roːˈmaːna]; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, built from about 300 ...

  8. List of Roman dams and reservoirs - Wikipedia

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    Cornalvo Dam in Spain, erected in the 1st–2nd century AD Lake Homs Dam in Syria, erected in 284 AD (photographed 1921). This is a list of Roman dams and reservoirs.The study of Roman dam-building has received little scholarly attention in comparison to their other civil engineering activities, [1] even though their contributions in this field have been ranked alongside their expertise in ...

  9. Military of ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Indeed, military engineering was in many ways institutionally endemic in Roman military culture, as demonstrated by the fact that each Roman legionary had as part of his equipment a shovel, alongside his gladius (sword) and pila (spears). Heather writes that "Learning to build, and build quickly, was a standard element of training".