traveling and road building Flashcards
1
Q
– lectīca with 2 mules instead of carriers
A
basterna
2
Q
four-wheeled, two-horsed cart
A
pīlentum
3
Q
cart for vestals and preists
A
pīlentum
4
Q
cart used for baggage, slaves, and also to carry spoils in triumph
A
petōritum
5
Q
luxurious traveling cart
A
carrūca
6
Q
what did a carrūca include
A
bed
7
Q
large and heavy, four-wheeled cart with either two or four horses
A
raeda
8
Q
quick, light, two-wheeled, two-horsed, uncovered cart
A
cisium
9
Q
the construction of the road
A
viae mūnītiō
10
Q
list the 6 steps of road building
A
- fossa was cut
- leveled earth
- statumen
- rudus
- nucleus
- dorsum
11
Q
a layer of palm-sized rocks
A
statūmen
12
Q
nine-inch layer of coarse concrete, rubble, broken stones and lime
A
rūdus
13
Q
six-inch layer of fine concrete, broken pottery shards and lime
A
nucleus
14
Q
layer of blocks of lava and hard stones
A
dorsum
15
Q
the mound on either side of the road
A
agger (viae)
