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Engineering timeline
c. 515 BC
The Persian emperor Darius I constructs a canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea
c. 500 BC
The great network of roads built by Darius I has at its centre the 2000-mile royal road from Susa to Sardis
312 BC
The first Roman road, the Via Appia, links Rome with Capua
47
Roman legions build the Fosse Way, a raised road with a ditch on each side stretching from Lincoln to Devon
c. 75
Hero, a Greek scientist in Alexandria, devises various forms of steam engine
c. 100
The network of Roman roads stretches eventually from England to Egypt
Roman road, Pompeii
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