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The Roman engineers
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- Summary
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Discusses the methods and achievements of Roman builders who were responsible for such projects as aqueducts, roads, and bridges.
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- Creator
- L. A. and J. A. Hamey
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Cambridge, [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981
- Physical Details
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- 48 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521225113, 0521225116
- OCLC
- ocm05354392
- Engineers in Roman society: Organising public building -- Aqueducts: Finding water -- Problems and solutions -- Supplies from the Anio -- Surveying the route -- Building the aqueduct -- Frontinus, Curator Aquarum -- Roads: Instruments of empire -- Setting out the route -- Structure of the Roman road -- High-quality surfaces -- Arteries of the Roman world -- Ports -- Bridges: Army's wooden bridges -- Stable stone arches -- Establishing foundations -- Erecting the stonework -- How the Romans adapted the arch -- Materials: Stone -- Mortar and concrete -- Bricks and tiles -- Metal and wood -- Roman achievement