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Road in Herculaneum. - 66kbm - 02-09-2018 Hi all, After a recent visit to Herculaneum I was surprised to see this. See pic. It seems like the road "Cardo V Superiore" has been widened in its life as can blatantly be seen. Would anyone know the reason for this? Kevin. RE: Road in Herculaneum. - jonas2017-1 - 02-10-2018 normally this was a sign of rebuilding the City area, after years or decades (also centuries), after earth quakes, or such things. It seems to be not unusually. Here is a similar Street Portion in Minturnae |