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Monday, 24 October 2011

HEADLINES OF OUR PRESENTATIONS


PRESENTATION IN PESCARA


USES OF ROMAN ROADS: military, commercial (trade or business), cultural (diffusion of the Latin language and the Roman culture), integration…


TYPES OF ROADS
  • According to their importance: viae publicae, viae vicinales, viae privatae
  • According to the materials used: viae terrenae, viae glarea stratae, viae silice stratae

THE EUROPEAN NET OF ROMAN ROADS: SOURCES OF INFORMATION
  • Archaeology
  • Itinerarium provinciarum ANTONINI AUGUSTI (290 AD)
  • Tabula Peutingeriana or Peutinger Tables
  • Vicarello silver goblets or Vascula Apollinaria

SERVICES FOR TRAVELLERS AND PEDESTRIANS
  • Milestones or miliaria (to know where you were)
  • Sidewalks and pedestrian crossings (to walk safely)
  • Mutationes (to change horses)
  • Mansiones (to eat, take a bath or sleep)

THE MAIL


MEANS OF TRANSPORT (BY ROAD)


AIMS OR TARGETS
  • To find the remains of Roman roads in the countries involved in the project.
  • To draw five different maps showing the most important Roman roads in Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey and Spain.
  • To identify the Roman roads that used to cross each of our hometowns (Athens, Pescara, Arad, Istanbul and Padrón).
  • To write down the itineraries and draw them on a map.
  • To explain the meaning of the main place names that appear on those routes.

TRAVEL LITERATURE: ITINERARIUM EGERIAE




PRESENTATION IN TURKEY

  
(THOSE ASPECTS RELATED TO MATHS, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND ENGENEERING)


THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD
  • Lay out, design
  • Measurement
  • Laying of foundations and structure
  • Finishing 

PROFESSIONAL WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD (soldiers, surveyors, architects, engineers, etc.)


MATERIALS AND TOOLS


BRIDGES AND TUNNELS

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