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Asked by rojo (24179)
February 5th, 2014
I recently read that the forts along Hadrians wall were placed at 14 mile intervals because that was a half days march.
Is that right?
Not the locations of the forts but that 14 miles was a half day march? I know they were on a good roadbed but they would also be in full armor, with weapons and probably a pack as well.
But then again walking was the normal way for the vast majority to get around then so I assume they had been doing it since they were small.
But even so, isn’t 28 miles an impressive distance to cover in a day.
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