Fritzschebradshawromanroads

Construction and purpose of Roman roads In Rome it is very important to know that there are 3 types of roads. For your survival this is really important.  ·   Viae Public roads, private  ·   Military  ·   Actus, or local roads If you do not know this you might travel down the wrong road and get in tons of  Trouble. The romans made these roads for many reasons. The local roads were ment to get around town and to get to the market. The roads would lead around the town. The private roads would lead to richer peoples houses. THe military roads were roads just as they sound, they were used as roads for the military and for all the soilders The roman roads were built by 3 layers. The firs layer or the bottom was often made with stone. The middle layer was made of sand or gravel, but it was mostly sand.At the top or the suface was almost always metailling gravel.

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