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Roman forces preparing a bridge (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It wasn’t a permanent bridge and the Romans would usually destroy their bridge after they no longer needed it.

Minor note: on campaigns in permanently hostile territory, yes, to deny the enemy a means of retaliation, but many wooden bridges served for hundreds of years in conquered territory after being constructed. Bridges were a great way of controlling and monitoring civilian traffic, after all!