fibulae performed the function of ties, notstruts : and Mr. Kitson Clarks suggestion [Classical Revieiv, 1908,p. 144) that they were disposed as in the annexed sketch (aa andbb) has much to commend it. The roadway was formed by plankslaid on the trestles and covered with spars and hurdles.… … TresHes of C&es&rs bridge over H\eRhir\e a-a, b-b, fibulae of the second, as Caesar expressly tells us, to buttress the structure.It is not clear how this was effected, nor what Caesar means whenhe tells us that the buttress-piles were driven oblique. It remains to mention the…
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