Re:Why They Lost The Wheel (1973)
by lmm on Saturday February 28, 2015 @05:51PM
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> roads are built for wheels and not vice versa. Their decline paralleled that of the wheel; it did not cause it.
Is this true? I remember being told that the Roman roads were built for the legions to march on (even people on foot are faster on a road than a dirt track), and that it was only this established road network that made wheeled transport viable.
Is this true? I remember being told that the Roman roads were built for the legions to march on (even people on foot are faster on a road than a dirt track), and that it was only this established road network that made wheeled transport viable.