Roman Military Engineering

  • The Roman Engineers attached to the Legions designed and built the Roads, Walls, Fortresses, Bridges, Tunnels and Ports around the Roman Empire.

Roman Road Building

  • During the Roman Empire travellers could journey at any time of year from Rome to all parts of the Empire.by a system of all weather roads that bridged every river, crossed mountain passes and on occasion, went through tunnels.
  • Behind the defensive walls known as the Limes Germanicus and the Danube Limes ran a Military Road.

Roman Military Engineers

Roman Defensive Walls

Roman Siege Methods

Legionary Fortresses of the Roman Empire

  • The Roman Fort could be planned either as a square or as a rectangle and was divided into four equal divisions by two intersecting roads.
  • It was surrounded by four walls, usually with four gateways defended by towers and a defensive ditch.

The Four Roman Bridges across the Rhine

Bridges over the Danube

  • Trajan’s Bridge at Drobeta (103-105 CE)
  • Constantine’s Bridge at Oescus-Sucidava (328 CE)

Roman Mining

 

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