Caesar's Rhine bridges

Caesar's Rhine Bridge, an 1814 portrait by John Soane
The Italian cross-section of the bridge
Reconstruction in Koblenz of a Roman pile driver, used to build the Rhine bridges

Caesar's bridges across the Rhine, the first two bridges on record to cross the Rhine river, were built by Julius Caesar and his legionaries during the Gallic War in 55 BC and 53 BC. Strategically successful, they are also considered masterpieces of military engineering.[1]

  1. ^ B.Nebel. "Julius Cäsars Brücke über den Rhein" (in German). Retrieved 2006-09-13.