Potholes are the bane of many a northerner during the winter months. Even if you don’t live in an area with heavy snowfall and ice, you’ve surely experienced roads in severe need of repairs for one reason or another. In modern times, we have road crews to handle these repairs and taxes to pay for the cost. But how were road repairs handled in pre-modern eras? Ruts and divots plagued the Roman driver as much as they do the modern one. Roman roads were often paved with stone; horse-drawn carts loaded with passengers, goods, or both caused deep grooves […]
