Something something wagon ruts lead to size of space shuttle main engine somehting
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What is a ruin? We're running off of "You know it when you see it" at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like. Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to HistoryArtifacts@kbin.social Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to HistoryDrawings@kbin.social Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world
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War chariots?! War fucking chariots? And enough if them to leave marks in streets? That guy is off by a few centuries and a few kilometers there. War chariots were a thing in ancient Egypt, long before Rome even thought of existing. Rome didn't use those, at least not in any meaningful numbers
Yep a lot of early railways in UK were broad guage. Like brunnels Great Western. So even in England a lot of non compatible rail existed.
Ah, I love those stepping stones.
That seems like it would be hard for horses? If it's a single horse pulling, then they constantly have to step over the middle stepping stone. And if it's a team, they're constantly having to avoid stepping into the wagon ruts.
Most roman carriages and wagons were carried by teams of two, which pretty much eliminates this problem.
It eliminates the issue of the center stone. But if it's a team, then each horse has a small gutter running right underfoot, with especially limited hoof-space next to the stepping stones. While trodding on stones that are under water/sewage, and slippery with all that. How do they avoid twisting their hock in the wheel ruts?
It's really not that narrow, horses have four legs, and they're designed for worse from nature's side. They didn't evolve for flat concrete roads.