History of Land Surveying: Ancient Rome

Dr. Nettleman guides you through surveying's past in this new series. Surveying history spans from Ancient Egypt to Colonial America and this series covers all of it. In this video, Dr. Nettleman covers Ancient Roman architecture.
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Table of Contents:
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0:12 - Welcome & About this Playlist
0:58 - Part 3: Rome
1:00 - Ancient Rome
2:56 - Roman Roads
4:13 - European Cities Built By Romans
5:13 - The Roman Land Surveyors
5:36 - Roman Engineering
6:44 - Dioptra
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Dr. Tony Nettleman and NLC Prep take a historic deep dive into the rich history of land surveying. In this episode takes a look at the influence and ingenuity of the Roman land surveyors. Roman Land Surveyors excelled in the engineering aspects and the left many remnants of their illustrious contributions to the field with roads and cities that still stand today.

[@eduardomalacar]

the "secret" ingredient to Roman concrete was not "pulozana", it's "pozzolana", a volcanic rock from the city of Puteoli, (today Pozzuoli) near Naples and the infamous Vesuvius

[@owencabrera1969]

Good stuff Tony, may we have some more?

[@NLCTestPrep]

We're working on it!

[@howieloader]

The Roman roads weren't used by a lot of loaded tractor-trailers or lowboys carrying tons and tons of materials 24 hours a day 7 days a week... Not surprising they've lasted this long...