English subtitles for clip: File:Routenplaner aus der Römerzeit – die Tabula Peutingeriana.webm

1
00:00:03,232 --> 00:00:05,479
The Romans began to pervade their empire

2
00:00:05,502 --> 00:00:09,606
with a network of cobbled streets
from the third century BC.

3
00:00:10,094 --> 00:00:14,514
They initially served the military:
as a deployment and supply routes

4
00:00:14,546 --> 00:00:17,618
for the expansion
and security of the world empire.

5
00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:23,881
Surveying instruments
included measuring cords and rods.

6
00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:30,162
Wheel tachometers also provided
surprisingly precise distance information.

7
00:00:31,248 --> 00:00:34,410
The highways were up to seven meters wide,

8
00:00:34,470 --> 00:00:37,795
so the legionaries could march into sixes.

9
00:00:38,502 --> 00:00:43,353
Mounted couriers were also able to
deliver messages as quickly as possible.

10
00:00:43,708 --> 00:00:47,371
The Roman road network
reached its greatest extent

11
00:00:47,410 --> 00:00:53,255
in the third century AD
with an estimated 200,000 km.

12
00:00:55,010 --> 00:00:59,301
The weg network was
increasingly used by dealers.

13
00:00:59,676 --> 00:01:02,687
Map-based directions provided information

14
00:01:02,743 --> 00:01:08,262
about the most important cities, striking
points, daily stages, and distances.

15
00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,098
Only the medieval copy

16
00:01:12,144 --> 00:01:15,766
of the map of the Roman
roads has survived.

17
00:01:16,027 --> 00:01:20,134
It records the road network
from England over the continent

18
00:01:20,178 --> 00:01:25,646
in the Mediterranean areas,
Greece, Turkey, to India.

19
00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:30,435
The 6 meters 80 cm long
so-called Tabula Peutingeriana

20
00:01:30,469 --> 00:01:34,502
shows the Roman roads around the year 375

21
00:01:34,913 --> 00:01:36,924
The focus is on Rome.

22
00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,475
The information on the card
is strictly application-oriented,

23
00:01:41,506 --> 00:01:44,728
and is more reminiscent
of a modern subway map

24
00:01:44,790 --> 00:01:48,810
than a true-to-scale topographic map.

25
00:01:49,212 --> 00:01:55,566
The cities of Mainz, Bingen,
and Trier are almost on a par with Rome