Subway-style maps of roads of the Roman Empire

Re:Subway-style maps of roads of the Roman Empire by 082349872349872 on Friday July 10, 2020 @02:54AM (#23788895)

To get a general idea of the engineering and moral progress mankind has made from the first century to the twentieth, compare:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limeswachturm_Wp_3/26

with

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower

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Re:Subway-style maps of roads of the Roman Empire by smabie on Friday July 10, 2020 @04:33AM (#23789393)

I don't really know what you're getting at. Care to explain? But maybe it's because I don't know German?

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Re:Subway-style maps of roads of the Roman Empire by 082349872349872 on Friday July 10, 2020 @06:05AM (#23789848)

Just look at the pictures: I thought the tower-style fortification has stayed recognisably the same from the mid-first century to the mid-twentieth century.

The major differences: scale (13m vs. 54m), materials (wood vs. concrete), and intended use (terrestrial vs. aerial defence)

(that the need for fortification has remained current measures our moral progress over these thousands of years X-P)

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