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en-wikipedia-org-3285		Roman military engineering - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2051	338	56	Roman military engineering Wikipedia Roman military engineering The military engineering of Ancient Rome's armed forces was of a scale and frequency far beyond that of any of its contemporaries. Proactive and routine military engineering[edit] Roman Legionaries crossing the Danube River by pontoon bridge during the Marcomannic Wars, as depicted in relief on the column of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. One of the most notable examples of military bridge-building in the Roman Empire was Julius Caesar's Bridge over the Rhine River. The 1st century BC army engineer Vitruvius describes in detail many of the Roman siege machines in his manuscript De Architectura. Civilian engineering by military troops[edit] Further information: Roman engineering Of both military and civilian use was the construction of roads within the boundaries of the Empire, in which the army was heavily involved. Technological history of the Roman military Roman engineering	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3285.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3285.txt