lucasalfordroads

The Roman Roads. Home emperor  dailylife   aquaducts   colosseum   weapons   Roads ** Roman Roads ** Have you ever heard the expression “follow the yellow brick road?” The purpose of the roads is to make all roads connect to every part of the empire back to Rome. Roads mostly lead to the largest cities and were built in straight lines. Why did they build these roads? They built these roads every time a city was conquered. When they built the roads you are probably wondering how did they know where to go? They knew where to go by following they milestone and the milestone can grow to 6 feet high. Instead of replacing old road what they did was lay new asphalt over them. When the Romans drive on this road they did not have to drive on certain side of the road. Also believe it or not people still used these roads about 100 years ago. Down below you can look what some roads may look like.

Here are the Roman Roads.