Synopsis
All over the Roman Empire the roads were laid out as a carefully planned system linking the centres of occupation, both military and civil, to every neighbouring centre, so as to ensure the most rapid communication possible. The roads were thus more nearly analogous to a railway system, and their layout was planned by well-trained engineers in much the same way, after a skilful survey of the ground problems to determine the choice of the most practicable route. It is the universal evidence of just this skill which constantly renders their work worthy of our admiration, for it should be remembered that no maps or compasses were available to them, the land to be traversed was often thickly forested. ¶Between 1880 and 1900, professional road surveyor Thomas Codrington, travelling in a horse-drawn dog cart, made a meticulous survey of the remains of the key Roman roads in Britain, preserving much valuable information before many of them were destroyed by twentieth century urban and road development. He was also the first person to collate together all of the observations and writing of antiquaries through the ages. From Camden to Ogilby, to Stukeley, to Colt Hoare, etc., Codrington gathered them all and then added his own notes from his personal peregrinations.
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À propos des auteurs
Thomas Codrington (1829–1918) was born at Wroughton, Wiltshire. After leaving college he followed a career as a civil engineer becoming a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Geographical Society. He rose to become general superintendent for county roads in South Wales. Between 1880 and 1900, using his technical skills, and travelling in a horse-drawn dog cart he undertook a detailed study of the surviving remains of the key Roman Roads in Britain.
Alan Sutton (born 1949), published his first book on his 25th birthday. Alan was elected FSA in 2009 and between 1981 and 2020 he edited the ten mammoth volumes of ‘The Complete Diary of a Cotswold Parson.’ His favourite areas of historical research are Roman Britain and the long eighteenth century (1688–1815).
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