Rimski put

Rimski putevi su predstavljali važan dio razvoja rimske države, od oko 500. pr. Kr. do razdoblja proširenja pod Republikom i Carstvom.^[1]^[2] Rimski putevi su omogućili Rimljanima kretanje vojnih snaga i trgovačkih dobara i prenošenje vijesti.^[3] Sustav rimskih puteva je imao ukupnu dužinu od preko 400,000 km, a od čega je preko 80.500 bilo popločano.^[4]^[5] Kada je Rim došao na vrhunac moći, iz njega je vodilo najmanje 29 velikih vojnih puteva.^[6] Hills were cut through and deep ravines filled in.^[6] U jednom je trenutku Rimsko Carstvo bilo podijeljeno u 113 provincija kroz koje su prozailo 372 velika puta.^[6] Samo u Galiji je izgrađeno ili popločano 21.000 km puteva, a u Britaniji najmanje 4.000 km.^[6]

Rimljani su postali prilično vješti u izgradnji puteva,^[7] za koje su koristili izraz viae.^[8] Oni su bili namijenjeni prijevozu materijala s jedne na drugu lokaciju. Na njima je bilo dozvoljeno hodati i goniti stoku, odnosno voziti različita vozila.^[8] Viae su se obično razlikovale od manjih, obično zemljanih puteva.^[8]

Mreža rimskih puteva je bila važna za održavanje stabilnosti i širenje Carstva. Legije su ih uspješno koristile, a neki od njih se koriste dan-danas, nekoliko tisućljeća kasnije. U kasnoj antici, su, međutim, ti putevi doprinijeli propasti Carstva jer su olakšavali prodor barbarima u njegovu dubinu.

Izvori

↑ Forsythe, Gary. A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Page 309
↑ Forbes, Robert James (1993). Studies in ancient technology, Volume 2. Brill. str. 146. ISBN 978 90 04 00622 5. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4Oi70BovgoQC&pg=PA146&dq=%22Via+Gabina%22+road+built&hl=en&ei=39XjTMPQKMqzhAfP0cnNDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Via%20Gabina%22%20road%20built&f=false
↑ Kaszynski, William. The American Highway: The History and Culture of Roads in the United States. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2000. Page 9
↑ Gabriel, Richard A. The Great Armies of Antiquity. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2002. Page 9.
↑ Michael Grant, History of Rome (New York: Charles Scribner, 1978), 264.
↑ ^6,0 ^6,1 ^6,2 ^6,3 Bailey, L. H., and Wilhelm Miller. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation of Horticultural Plants, Descriptions of the Species of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, and Ornantal Plants Sold in the United States and Canada, Together with Geographical and Biographical Sketches. New York [etc.]: The Macmillan Co, 1900. Page 320.
↑ Aitken, Thomas. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and Others. London: C. Griffin and Company, Limited, 1900. Page 1 - 5.
↑ ^8,0 ^8,1 ^8,2 Smith (1890).

Vanjske poveznice

Opći članci

Opisi puteva

Izgradnja puteva

[1] Forsythe, Gary. A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Page 309

[2] Forbes, Robert James (1993). Studies in ancient technology, Volume 2. Brill. str. 146. ISBN 978 90 04 00622 5. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4Oi70BovgoQC&pg=PA146&dq=%22Via+Gabina%22+road+built&hl=en&ei=39XjTMPQKMqzhAfP0cnNDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Via%20Gabina%22%20road%20built&f=false

[3] Kaszynski, William. The American Highway: The History and Culture of Roads in the United States. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2000. Page 9

[4] Gabriel, Richard A. The Great Armies of Antiquity. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2002. Page 9.

[5] Michael Grant, History of Rome (New York: Charles Scribner, 1978), 264.

[LWPageArticleRoadsCanals-6] 6,0 ^6,1 ^6,2 ^6,3 Bailey, L. H., and Wilhelm Miller. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation of Horticultural Plants, Descriptions of the Species of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, and Ornantal Plants Sold in the United States and Canada, Together with Geographical and Biographical Sketches. New York [etc.]: The Macmillan Co, 1900. Page 320.

[7] Aitken, Thomas. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and Others. London: C. Griffin and Company, Limited, 1900. Page 1 - 5.

[SmithDictionaryAntiquities-8] 8,0 ^8,1 ^8,2 Smith (1890).

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