Maps

[Q Rutilius]

Thanks. Somehow I had the impression that I had read somewhere that the Romans use two kinds of guides, one was a map although perhaps not to modern standards, and the other was a written itinerary describing what you would see as traveled along.<br>
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The Romans were excellent engineers and surveyors and I am rather surprised to find that they did not use maps. As an engineer myself I find it very difficult to think that they could have built there huge infrastructure projects without plans, and a plan is just another kind of map.<br>
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For what it's worth, my father tells me that in the 1920's his parents traveled by car using guides that were not maps but did describe what you see along your trip and gave directions accordingly. His recollection is that they had no trouble navigating. <p></p><i></i>