Information about Roman Bridge
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First century Roman bridge in Vaison la Romaine, France
Roman bridges were built with stone and had the arch as its basic structure. Most utilized concrete as well.
Built in 142 BC, the Pons Aemilius, later named Ponte Rotto (broken bridge) is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome, Italy.
The biggest Roman bridge was Trajan's bridge over the lower Danube, constructed by Apollodorus of Damascus, which remained for over a millennium the longest bridge to have been built both in terms of overall and span length.
An example of temporary military bridge construction are the two Caesar's Rhine bridges.
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Roman bridge and Moorish alcazaba at Mérida, Spain
Usual characteristics of Roman Bridges
- Many are more than 5 meters wide
- Most of them slope slightly
- Many have rustic work
- The stonework has alternating stretcher and header courses; i.e. one layer of rectangular stones is laid lengthwise, and the next layer has the ends facing outwards
- Stones linked with dovetail joints or metal bars
- Indents in the stones for gripping tools to hold onto
References
- Colin O'Connor, Roman Bridges, Cambridge Univ. Press (1994) ISBN 0-521-39326-4
- P. Gazzola, Ponti romani (1963)
External links
- Traianus - Technical investigation of Roman public works
Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea.
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arch is a curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight (e.g. a doorway in a stone wall). The arch appeared in Mesopotamia, Indus Valley civilization, Egypt, Assyria, Etruria, and later refined in Ancient Rome.
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The Pons Aemilius (today Ponte Rotto) is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome, Italy. Initially constructed in 179 BC with stone pillars and a wooden superstructure, the Tiber bridge was fitted in 142 BC wholly with stone arches.
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Trajan's Bridge (Romanian: Podul lui Traian; Serbian: Трајанов мост, Trajanov Most) or Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube
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Apollodorus of Damascus was a Greek[1] or Syrian[2] engineer, architect, designer and sculptor who flourished during the 2nd century AD. He was born in Damascus, Roman Syria, and was a favourite of Trajan, for whom he constructed Trajan's Bridge over the
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Caesar’s Rhine bridges, the first two bridges to cross the Rhine River, were built by Julius Caesar and his legionaries during the Gallic War in 55 BC and 53 BC, respectively. Strategically successful, they are also considered masterpieces of military engineering.
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Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar and a very small southern part of France). When Rome was a republic, Hispania was divided into two provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior.
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