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Ancient Roman Well Found in Cambridgeshire Was an Engineering Failure
The ancient Romans have been celebrated for their architecture and enduring infrastructure projects, many of which are still standing and could be functional even today. But despite their advanced knowledge in this area Roman architects and engineers did make mistakes, and often they had to rely on trial-and-error to make progress. This fact has been clearly revealed by the discovery of two first century Roman wells found in Cambridgeshire, the first of which was a failure that necessitated the construction of the second.
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