Sorry ! Wrong answer ! go to the back of the class ...

As far as I know, the romans did plant trees along the roads they constructed, in order for their legions to criss-cross - confortably - the conquered lands.

If you like jokes, we had one in Lorraine (east of France) ; why are all the villages in Lorraine built on this same model : a long, straight, east/west, road with houses carefully aligned on each sides ?
So that invaders could come thru without causing too much damage ... and a short time after, go back east without hindrance, as fast as possible ...

Well, I never was really sure this one was good joke ... <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

France has been invaded many, many times by many people. Romans were just one of them ...
Some leaved with loot, some stayed ... and helped built a nation.
That's history.

I have to say the last invaders have been thrown back only with help coming from the other side of the ocean. Thanks.
Maybe your grandfather did land on Omaha beach (or Junon, Utah, Gold or Sword) in Normandie.
That's a way to learn geography ... a very hard way ...

Do you know where that name, NORMANDIE, come from ? from the NORD MEN who used to raid and loot this country, coming all the way from NORWAY...

Sorry ! that's not even a good example, no relation with your question ; they did not use shaded roads, they travelled by boats along costs ... and up the Seine river, up to Paris, once or twice.
That was their idea of nautical tourism ....
In those times, travel by sea was a long, boring and dangerous entreprise ...
I guess they had to have some fun, once ashore ... <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Alain
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