PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 days agoGermanic tribes: "Bridge??? UNKNOWN TECHNOLOGY"media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down10
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minus-squareMultiplexer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 days agoThis doesn’t look like the Rhine, though. It looks much too shallow and narrow. Which makes the Roman bridge building even more impressive. There are large stretches of the Rhine that don’t even have bridges nowadays yet…
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoThe modern day Rhine has been heavily canalised in a huge effort in the 19th century, back in Roman days, it used to be 3-4 times wider than nowadays.
This doesn’t look like the Rhine, though.
It looks much too shallow and narrow.
Which makes the Roman bridge building even more impressive. There are large stretches of the Rhine that don’t even have bridges nowadays yet…
The modern day Rhine has been heavily canalised in a huge effort in the 19th century, back in Roman days, it used to be 3-4 times wider than nowadays.