Hej!
Personligen tycker jag det skulle vara kul med en "romersk" stad på svensk mark. Ang mått skall man nog inte hänga upp sig på detaljer. Hur var det med tunneln för Nasas boosters till raketerna?
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2538/was-standard-railroad-gauge-48-determined-by-roman-chariot-ruts“Roman war chariots made the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of destroying their wagons. Since the chariots were made for or by Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing. Thus, the standard U.S. railroad gauge of four feet, eight and a half inches derives from the specification for an Imperial Roman army war chariot.
Specs and bureaucracies live forever. So the next time you are handed a specification and wonder what horse's ass came up with it, you may be exactly right. Because the Imperial Roman chariots were made to be just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two warhorses."
“Bonus info! I didn't have room in the printed column, but another version of this legend adds the rococo touch that the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) used on the space shuttle are manufactured at a Thiokol plant (I presume in Utah), then shipped to Florida by rail for final assembly at the launch site. The rail line passes through one or more tunnels en route, and the SRB pieces had to be made small enough so they'd fit through the tunnel bore. Thus, the legend triumphantly concludes, the dimensions of one of our most advanced vehicles was determined by the size of one of our most ancient!”
Varför hänger alla upp sig på de romerska måtten. Har ni inte läst resten?
OM det nu är så att anläggningen är måttsatt enligt den romerska foten så är det till bra hjälp vid kartering och preliminär åldersbestämning. Men dessa mått är inte grundvalen för min fyndrapport till RAÄ eller analysen av kanalsystemet.