Bridges connected the world, spread cultures, fostered all kinds of relationships, but also facilitated wars… All these reasons and causes, as well as the fact that man, a naturally inquisitive being, wished to reach the opposite bank, led to the invention of the bridge.
Thus, at first hesitantly, using a log or stones, people crossed streams and small rivers for the very first time.
Today, when we speak of cable-stayed bridges, such a conception may seem overly simple to us. Yet it was precisely the beginning of modern bridge engineering. How much did the Greeks contribute to the historical development of this technique? What did they pass on to the Romans, who left their monumental bridges wherever they went? Why were bridges once so legendary?
Through field research and thorough study, the author has succeeded in collecting the material that forms this volume, making us familiar with the techniques and the various difficulties the ancient Greeks faced when crossing rivers.
