Episode 5.10: Surveying an Empire

The Scientific Odyssey by Chad Davies

Mar 22, 202057:19Education

One of the pillars of the Roman Republic and Empire was its ability to survey, divide, assign and tax land. In this episode of the podcast, we look at processes, people and tools that made such precise surveying possible...

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