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Why were the piles driven into the ground diagonally on Caesar's bridge

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Answer:Each pile was a foot and a half thick, toward the middle of the bridge, they had to be up to 30 feet tall to reach from the surface to the bottom. By driving the piles in diagonally, Caesars engineers added extra stability to the bridge.

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