What the Romans did for us Arteries of The Empire PART 1

Hart-Davis analyses the Romans' ingenious surveying methods that enabled them to build their arrow-straight roads. He also commisions a replica of an ingenious giant water wheel used to remove water from flooded Welsh gold mines.

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[gester27]

nice history. thanks for posting.

cheers

[TitusLabienus]

Thank you, I'll probably upload all of the six series in two parts for each.

Best Wishes.

[CorpusChristi83]

The Romans introduced the Britons to a "shipload" of stuff :p

[akumabito2008]

Amazing to think they could think of ways to build an asolutely straight road in exactly the right direction for many miles - yet did not invent something as simple as a fork.. :)

[MuckRaker777]

@Bassdog You did a wonderful job! I'm enjoying watching this programme, take care!

[Bassdog]

Nice seeing this again - was the first programme I ever made for BBC!

That's me putting the sticks in the sand at the end.

Thanks for still watching...