View Poll Results: Evaluate Kilcullen's work on counterinsurgency

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  1. 04-28-2008 #11
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    Important parts of the Roman Imperial road network are still operative today (or at least the routes those Roman roads first followed).
    Wm,

    Too true, the Appian Way is still going strong (although maintenance funds are short as usual). Vicenza has some beautiful examples of Roman Construction (to include roads - the trainstation there has a nice example). Mosul/Ninevah Iraq has some amazing examples of Assyrian Construction.

    A fun non-mathematical read is 'Roman Roads and Aqueducts' by Don Nardo (ISBN 1-56006-721-7) one in the 'Building History Series' books by Lucent. Mr. Nardo touches upon Assyrian Aqueducts in this book as well. The Dioptra is certainly not a GPS or Total Station but those old surveyors and engineers did some amazing things with them.

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    Steve
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