Romans had extensive knowledge of roads, mining, irrigation and masonry.
Romans had extensive knowledge of roads, mining, irrigation and masonry.
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==Further reading==
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* Hibbert, Christopher. ''Rome: The Biography of a City.'' (1985). 386 pp. good introduction
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* Scheidel, Walter, Ian Morris and Richard P. Saller, eds. ''The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World'' (2008) 942pp 942 pp. advanced essays by scholars