Interesting Fact on Roman Roads and Chariots?

[Hugh Fuller]

To some extent, there is a guage matter that does apply. In most Roman cities that had paved streets, they placed raised blocks of stone to allow pedestrians to cross above the flow of water and whatever else might be IN the streets. See the streets in Pompeii, for example. These blocks were set with gaps at a certain distance to allow wagon wheels to pass through and this would mandate that wagons entering the cities all have their wheels spaced a certain distance apart.