Could this be a roman road ?

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Three Of Five
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Could this be a roman road ?

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Couldn't be 100% sure - but don't think so - for one thing Roman roads were built as straight as possible unless there was a major kind of obstacle they couldn't build over or through.
Here's a link that may help:

http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-road-construction.php

Explains Roman road construction.
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Where is it located?

Rich is right about the curves. The Romans preferred arrow straight and if they had to change directions they did so by creating a new straight line.
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Minimalist wrote:Where is it located?

Rich is right about the curves. The Romans preferred arrow straight and if they had to change directions they did so by creating a new straight line.
It was a cultural mindset. Romans liked everything straight as an arrow. From which a.o. the infamous "Befehl ist Befehl" evolved as an excuse for inhumanity.
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The shortest distance between two points. The Romans were nothing if not efficient.
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Minimalist wrote:The shortest distance between two points. The Romans were nothing if not efficient.
Like Zyklon B.
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Minimalist wrote:The shortest distance between two points. The Romans were nothing if not efficient.
I know several genuine roman roads which are far from being straight lines, they used to follow terrain in order to achieve stable support to the road.
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