Got a comment on the suspension system post, saying it was a bit difficult perhaps to understand the discussion without having read the article on the “Roman Traction System”. Therefore this small quotation from the article, showing what initiated the debate. Hope it makes it all more clear.
In the part on Wagon Construction it says:
One interesting fact to be learned from this is that no evidence of a pivoting front axle or a suspension system can be seen in the iconography and mosaics of the period. The reason for this lies in the fact that most views are carved from the side, probably by stone masons who had little interest in the technical detail
So far, I still agree on the point of the pivoting front axle, though. I haven’t seen that one in the iconography.
