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ability to turn the front axles, and that in rounding a curve in the 

 road it was necessary for the draught animals to drag the front wheels 

 across the surface of the roadway, because the Roman undercarriage 



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FiGUHB 3. — Sketch reproduced from Ginzrot's work (9). At the bottom is shown the 

 detail of the undercarriage common to all Roman four-wheeled vehicles. The kingbolt 

 is shown at X and the wheel plate or rubbing strip at Y. 



possessed no kingbolt and wheel plate. This contention seems to be 

 in error. The argument is authentically refuted by Ginzrot {9), who 

 submits a sketch of a typical undercarriage used for all four-wheeled 

 vehicles, which is reproduced in figure 3. Ginzrot lists the names of 

 the various vehicular parts employed by ancient authors, among them 



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