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BigmanPigman

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6. Not quite walls but sort of.

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 10:53 PM

Jun 2019

They weren't high like walls but tall enough to form a trench on the top. The Romans invented a kind of concrete that would be hard in water and a zillion other building and engineering techniques two thousand years ago. Their empire was partially harmed when the Huns destroyed the aqueducts they had built throughout Europe and their empire.

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*Driving Across France: Trip Journal & Francophile Heaven [View all] appalachiablue Jun 2019 OP

read that on kos. nice diary. avoid paris as much as possible nt msongs Jun 2019 #1

Jealous. tymorial Jun 2019 #2

That's a wonderful base for a future return trip, smthg. appalachiablue Jun 2019 #4

I went to see the aqueduct too BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #3

You mean walls were once on the very top of a structure like this? appalachiablue Jun 2019 #5

Not quite walls but sort of. BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #6