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Ancient Roman cities often follow a similar layout, so Roman cities in North Africa look much the same as those in Italy. How was this kind of uniform engineering achieved? Did city planners study "proper" Roman cities or was there some standard blueprint?

by /u/Dinocrocodile in /r/AskHistorians

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