Do people think medieval and Roman craftsmen weren’t educated? They were highly skilled specialists. They weren’t just random dudes making it up as they went along.

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I wonder why roads built for dozens of wagons a day outlast roads built for hundreds or thousands of 2 ton high speed vehicles a day

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Except most Roman roads literally don’t exist anymore, and the type of traffic going across them is vastly different than today

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Bike paths last a while 😤 They don’t last many 7500 LB F-250s speeding by 20 over the speed limit though

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Kind of incredible how smart the Romans were

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