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A subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire ca. 125 AD

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Re: A subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire ca. 125 AD

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Post by louhike »

johan_larson wrote: post #29

It's strange there are so many coastal routes. Shipping virtually anything by sea has been cheaper than moving it over land for a long time, and that probably includes troops. I would have expected roads to connect coastal settlements inland, not along the coast.

I'm not that sure it has been such a long time. People used galleys at this time which weren't that good to transport merchandise on sea.

Re: A subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire ca. 125 AD

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Post by dghf »

weberc2 wrote: post #36
johan_larson wrote: post #29

It's strange there are so many coastal routes. Shipping virtually anything by sea has been cheaper than moving it over land for a long time, and that probably includes troops. I would have expected roads to connect coastal settlements inland, not along the coast.

I'm off the impression that the Romans didn't travel by sea often, based on accounts of the cruising of the English channel; they seemed terrified of the sea. Not exactly sure why they didn't do this more often; maybe their strategy was to move by land and secure a spot channel as they went?

Sailing on the Mediterranean, which is very nearly an inland sea and has almost negligible tides, is an entirely different proposition from sailing on the Channel, which acts as a funnel for storms barrelling through from the Atlantic to the North Sea and vice versa. For an extreme example, see the Great Storm of 1987 [0], where winds reached hurricane force.

The Royal Yachting Association (UK governing body for all sailing sports) used to, and for all I know still does, regard the Med as inland waters, at least inasmuch as a dinghy-sailing instructor's certificate gained on the Med would not bear the coastal endorsement it would have had it been gained on the UK coast.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1987

Re: A subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire ca. 125 AD

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Post by paraknight »

bshimmin wrote: post #46
jpdus wrote: post #40

Cached Version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TrHiyz4...

Unfortunately that seems to be missing the main bit one would care about, the actual map!

Outside of the cached version, the map image itself seems to be accessible: https://sashat.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rome_III-01-1.p...

I uploaded it to imgur just in case: https://i.imgur.com/4Ozk1tF.png

Re: A subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire ca. 125 AD

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Post by paraknight »

campuscodi wrote: post #44

Any mirrors? The site appears to be down.

Outside of the cached version, the map image itself seems to be accessible: https://sashat.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rome_III-01-1.p...

I uploaded it to imgur just in case: https://i.imgur.com/4Ozk1tF.png

Re: A subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire ca. 125 AD

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Post by glenneroo »

folli wrote: post #47
jpdus wrote: post #40

Cached Version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TrHiyz4...

Direct link: http://sashat.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rome_III-01-1.pn...

Also dead:

> The web service to this account has been limited temporarily!

This is the link you are looking for:

https://sashat.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rome_III-01-1.p...

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