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The Romain paths or roads offer a very interesting
archaeological material, because they allow us to understand the
history of human settlement and are also factors that increase
territorial identity. Roman roads are one of the hallmarks of the
Roman empire, which extends to North Africa. The objective of this
investigation is to attract the attent...
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... and economic. The structure of these ways: riprap, rather uneven, covered with several layers of pebbles and gravel. Fig. 4 shows a section through the structure along the path through the city of Timgad. Fig. 4 Cup in the structure of a route through the city of Timgad A cut made on a Roman road revealed a large structure of 6.50 meters, Fig. 5. First they dug a big gap, to put in order: -to base a course of mortar (a mixture of sand and lime); -a raft of large stones laid flat to equalize the rough surface; -a second bed composed of crushed stones locally calibrated and groomed. Everything was covered with well compacted sand extracted from the nearest river and ...
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