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This illustration shows a groma, a surveying instrument used by the Romans to plot straight roads between towns. This simple tool enabled Roman engineers to connect towns even when they were out of sight of each other, for example, with hills in between. https://www.mylearning.org/resources/illustration-of-a-roman-groma