CLASSIC 20 Lecture 24: 11.20.15 Roman Engineering: Roads and Aqueducts - Prof Gurval
Document Summary
Strabo: greek geographer, historian and philosopher, born in pontus (on black sea) Sewers: cloaca maxima rome"s oldest sewer system; attributed to the etruscan kings. Royal road of persian king darius first highway for communication and trade. Silk road (or route) trade route (land and sea) extending over 4000 miles. Rome and china had contact through trade. Roman road: latin via which means any pathway (there were other names too) By the road itself vicus longus (long road); nova via (new road); sacra. Via (sacred road (in forum) most important road in rome. By proximity to a place, monuments or shops. By some event or circumstance vicus africus - african street on esquiline. Siculus flaccus seems to be an augustan, roman land surveyor. Wrote a book on the terms of land property . Said there were public roads, they had contractors.
