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... century , no Roman bridges were built . Bridge engineering , together with road engineering and practically every other kind of engineering , vanished from Europe for seven hun- dred years . The fragmentation of the Roman Empire after ...
... century , no Roman bridges were built . Bridge engineering , together with road engineering and practically every other kind of engineering , vanished from Europe for seven hun- dred years . The fragmentation of the Roman Empire after ...
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... century , Rome suffered one of her few major military reverses when the Emperor Valerian was defeated and taken pris ... century , was rebuilt in part by the Moslem rulers of the ninth century , and was further restored during succeeding ...
... century , Rome suffered one of her few major military reverses when the Emperor Valerian was defeated and taken pris ... century , was rebuilt in part by the Moslem rulers of the ninth century , and was further restored during succeeding ...
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... century , the bridge grew ramshackle , and the city magistrates tardily met in emergency session . Their order to evacuate arrived too late ; part of the structure collapsed , causing sev- eral deaths . The new king , Louis XII , an ...
... century , the bridge grew ramshackle , and the city magistrates tardily met in emergency session . Their order to evacuate arrived too late ; part of the structure collapsed , causing sev- eral deaths . The new king , Louis XII , an ...
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How Bridges Were Invented | 1 |
The Mighty Roman Arch | 7 |
The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia | 19 |
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