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Before the Roman camp had roads, gates or rows of tents, someone had to decide exactly where everything should go.

That job belonged to surveyors.

Using instruments such as the groma, Roman surveyors could establish straight lines and right angles that helped create the famously organized layouts of military bases. 🏛️📐

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00:00One small Roman tool could control an entire fortress plan.
00:04Surveyors used the gromer to establish straight-lined, cross-shaped tool
00:07came the geometry of an army camp.

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