05-29-2003, 09:21 PM
This is what the Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome by L. and R. Adkins says about Mansiones:<br>
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"Road or posting stations (mansiones) were established along main roads at regular intervals, and some were based in towns...Mansiones (sing. Mansio) were overnight stops and were on average 32 to 48 km apart; they offered fresh animals (horses, oxen and mules) and had overnight rooms and bathing establishments." They do seem to have been established mainly for official couriiers etc.<br>
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Wendy <p></p><i></i>
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"Road or posting stations (mansiones) were established along main roads at regular intervals, and some were based in towns...Mansiones (sing. Mansio) were overnight stops and were on average 32 to 48 km apart; they offered fresh animals (horses, oxen and mules) and had overnight rooms and bathing establishments." They do seem to have been established mainly for official couriiers etc.<br>
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Wendy <p></p><i></i>
