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... Roman stone- arch structures . Not long after , the first known Roman stone - arch bridge , the Pons Solarus , was built to cross the Teverone , a small trib- utary of the Tiber . The Pons Solarus has vanished completely , and we know ...
... Roman stone- arch structures . Not long after , the first known Roman stone - arch bridge , the Pons Solarus , was built to cross the Teverone , a small trib- utary of the Tiber . The Pons Solarus has vanished completely , and we know ...
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... Roman bridges today , through the narrow opening vaulted by the massive arch , one has a sense of the tremendous power and weight of the Roman Empire . This translation of engineer- ing into political terms is somewhat misleading . The ...
... Roman bridges today , through the narrow opening vaulted by the massive arch , one has a sense of the tremendous power and weight of the Roman Empire . This translation of engineer- ing into political terms is somewhat misleading . The ...
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... Roman Republic . Its inscrip- tion records that the contractor would have his deposit returned over a period of forty years — apparently a guarantee of the permanence of the bridge . Thus these Roman bridges were constructed , at least ...
... Roman Republic . Its inscrip- tion records that the contractor would have his deposit returned over a period of forty years — apparently a guarantee of the permanence of the bridge . Thus these Roman bridges were constructed , at least ...
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The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia | 3 |
Weird and Wonderful Appalling and Amazing Old London | 34 |
Out of the Middle Ages by the Rialto Bridge | 50 |
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