How the Roman Army built Bridges and Forts
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Published 2023-12-15
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Marching camps
1:36 Bridges
2:40 Siegeworks
3:26 PIA VPN
4:32 Permanent forts
5:49 Roads
6:24 Frontier defenses
7:41 Canals
8:21 Civilian projects
8:54 The aqueduct of Saldae
All Comments (21)
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Grunts digging holes will never go out of style
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Mad respect for a man who could pinpoint both ends of a tunnel using nothing more than plumlines and measuring sticks.
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making a monument to your own great engineering with letter of praise is a big flex
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Agrippa’s secret naval base at Portus Julius where he trained and constructed a fleet of 300 ships on a lake is one of my favorites
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3:20 If you actually go to Masada the ramp is still visible today, as is the nearby Roman camp. The stones have all fallen apart but the outlines are still pretty obvious.
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Who is Toldin? And what of his tone?
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All those engineers over all the millennia that made all these projects on pen and paper are the unsung heroes of history.
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Ancient Roman engineers make me feel extremely stupid. Great video as always
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What social status did military engineers and surveyors have in Rome compared to regular soldiers?
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It’s amazing that the soldiers were able to construct a palisade in a few hours. It kept them in fighting shape no doubt. And between the Roman’s and two centuries of shipbuilding it’s easy to see how much of Europe was denuded.
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Greetings from Sao Paulo, Brazil. It's always a great time to see that a new toldinstone's video is available and learn about Rome and antiquities with accurate facts and high quality analysis... as far as it can be with the knowledge and data that we have available haha. Thank you for your amazing work!
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Keep up the amazing work, Garrett 👍
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Well done, Mr. Ryan. Thank you for the content.
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I guess that explains a lot about why the romans were so great at building engineering marvels.
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A pleasant voice and a wealth of Roman knowledge!! Thanks for sharing!
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When you learn about Roman engineering, structures such as the pyramids of Giza no longer need the evocation of lost knowledge, the mystical or alien intervention. If the Romans spent 40 years on one project, they could build 4 great pyramids.
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The engineering stuff is super interesting.
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These videos pair excellent with some some garum on my bread and some egyptian beer in my gut
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One of my favorite channels. The books are great.
