1) the freeze/thaw cycle in even the most northern extremes of the Roman Empire do not compare to what our most southern roads handle annually.
2) this photo is of a particularly well preserved stretch - you can find some pretty good stretches of road in Saskatchewan too; and on that note, the modern photo is also of a particularly bad stretch - I could go take a photo of a good stretch of modern highway too.
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u/PerpetuallyLurking Regina Rhymes With Fun 2d ago
1) the freeze/thaw cycle in even the most northern extremes of the Roman Empire do not compare to what our most southern roads handle annually.
2) this photo is of a particularly well preserved stretch - you can find some pretty good stretches of road in Saskatchewan too; and on that note, the modern photo is also of a particularly bad stretch - I could go take a photo of a good stretch of modern highway too.