09-08-2006, 05:54 PM
Quote:Most mainstream histories tout the construction of roads as key to Rome's ability to converge lage numbers of widely garrisoned troops to one location fast. Hard to imagine building such a network, only to walk next to it. But I've seen samples of those hob-nailed sandals; I can't imagine walking all day across soft grass in them.The roads make it possible for the baggage train to be moved quickly. Next to the road won't be soft grass, but a 'soft' shoulder of well-trodden earth. I would rather walk there than across that hard stone road. But with rain I assume all used the stone surface, slippery as it might be.
I think they all prayed for the speedy invention of the mechanised army!
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
