Thus, one can easily understand that it had been established on the road of invasion of many tribes and of people, which in fact brings about the fact that although generally these conquerors were inclined to destroy the remnants of the previous civilization, they were also unable to prevent integration of certain aspects or traditions of the previous conquerors. ...
He designed many of the buildings erected in his honor and provided the provinces with new buildings, roads, aqueducts, temples, theatres, circuses and other city improvements. ... Hadrian gained much favor by dissolving all debts owed to the government on his crowning and providing them with buildings and roads, without increased tax. ...
The geography of Greece ― barren, hilly mainland and many islands―made overland travel impractical thus from the earliest times, people travelled and transported goods by sea rather than by road. City-states preferred to invest money in merchant ships than in roads. ...
This has now been developed and these days tanks have an astounding power that can obliterate anything in its path as well as being able to climb quite steep cliffs and driving on bumpy or rocky roads without creating too much of an impact or damage to the vehicle. ...
On typical summer afternoon on August 24th, 79 A.D., the beautiful Roman city of Pompeii had suffered a severe volcanic eruption. All of a sudden, a living city fell into ruin. Because the local population was completely unprepared, about 16000 people died from the disaster, which was four-fifth of ...
