Talk:Roman bridge

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Design method[edit]

All my life I've heard the legend that Roman bridges were so good in part because the builders staked their lives on them, forced to stand under them whilst they were marched upon for the first time. Is this but an amusing story? -- Gwern (contribs) 19:19, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Quotation[edit]

Ah. Thanks! --Gwern (contribs) 00:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Arch bridge[edit]

Redirects from "Roman segmented arch bridge" added, to remove a lot of red links Hugo999 (talk) 23:15, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

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Bridge decoration[edit]

I read an interesting passage in Ammianus Marcellinus about Roman bridges. He states that the Huns looked like "the stout figures which are hewn out in a rude manner with an axe on the posts at the end of bridges."[1] I did not see much information on how the Romans decorated their bridges in this article. If information on this aspect of Roman bridges exists, it should be added to the article.-Schnurrbart (talk) 17:23, 5 December 2011 (UTC)