02-28-2002, 05:51 PM
I thought about putting this one in the "Off Topic" section but roads and vehicles were an important part of the roman military system and I've found a site which is mighty interresting about it and does away with a few apparently wrong ideas about the ancient harness systems. It seems the ancient harness didn't "strangle" the animals at all, as previously and still commonly thought.<br>
Check it out. It is totally exhaustive and there is a magnificent reconstruction of a roman traveling coach, complete with suspension and chassis with pivoting front axle.<br>
www.humanist.de/rome/rts/wagon.html <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=antoninuslucretius>Antoninus Lucretius</A> at: 2/28/02 6:53:40 pm<br></i>
Check it out. It is totally exhaustive and there is a magnificent reconstruction of a roman traveling coach, complete with suspension and chassis with pivoting front axle.<br>
www.humanist.de/rome/rts/wagon.html <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=antoninuslucretius>Antoninus Lucretius</A> at: 2/28/02 6:53:40 pm<br></i>