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Sounds like an expensive military strategy with all that walls.
by vatotemking 11y ago
Sounds like an expensive military strategy with all that walls.
- steve19 11y agoThe local Gauls might have lost a forest, but I am sure there was no shortage of forest at the time. It would have cost JC nothing. The real cost was borne by the grunts who had to chop the trees down, move them, dig trenches and erect the walls. The Roman army was very adept and building, and then tearing down, temporary fortifications.
- brillenfux 11y agoAlso I think I remember that the Roman soldiers had a general command to entrench if they had nothing to do. (Like a, you know, "take the broom and clean the floor if you got nothing to do" kind of rule)
- restalis 11y agoIndeed. Roads, bridges, aqueducts, and many other kinds of infrastructure works was being done by the roman military when they weren't marching (i.e. stationing and "resting").