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This seems a little too on point for me (media.piefed.social)

submitted 1 week ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/southafrica@piefed.social

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The Roman road would be destroyed within days if trucks drove over it.

[–] aeiou@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

what they looked like when heavy carts ran over them:

Also, Romans poured metal into them for repairs apparently

[–] ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It looks like an inverted rail.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds like a fun experiment, would be cool to recreate a roman road and see

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd rather see the opposite - a modern road construction without modern usage after 2000 years

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is a rail trail near my house that seams to be similarly constructed to a road.

It hasn't held up well, requires continuous maintenance and additional asphalt.

I have a theory that modern road technology isn't the best, it's the most short term profitable. Designed to wear down and require maintenance and new purchases.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Ive read the roman roads were built to never send aaintenance crew to. What exactly that means, I have no idea

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Additionally, this road got lucky. We don't see all the ones which fell apart over 4000 years.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago

Or just any cars.