Was There Even a Direct Involvement of Roman Workmanship in Building Sasanian Hydraulic Infrastructures? The Evidence Related to Sasanian Bridges

In the opinion of many scholars, several hydraulic infrastructures (especially bridges) built in Iran during the Sasanian period clearly testify for a heavy and direct technology transfer from the Roman Empire to Sasanian Iran. In some case, moreover, some of these infrastructures are definitely considered actual “Roman” monuments, built in Persian territoriesby Roman captives under the supervision of Roman military engineers. The aim of the paper is to question this assumption on the basis of the available archaeological evidence as well as observations concerning the peculiar hydrological settings of these architectural achievements

کلیدواژه ها:

Sasanian Iran ، hydraulic infrastructures ، bridges ، technology transfer.