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__ Roman Roads __ Home Aqueducts Roads Nero Coloseum Slaves Weapons and supplies When you are in Rome you will need to know the importance of their roads. The roads are a total of 50,000 miles in length. The roads began in Scotland and they ended at the Euphrates River. They mainly made from gravel, but some parts of them were made from stone. The roads got there name “the queen of roads” from its extreme length. The roads were generally 20 ft. wide and 5 ft. in depth. The roads were marked with milestones so the people would know how for they traveled. Many of the roads had gutters to carry the water down from the roads. The roads were carefully constructed, that’s why they were so famous. Thats all you will need to know about Roman roads.

The enduring impact that Roman Roads had on our everyday society is that our modern day roads are just like the Roman roads, we have gutters on the side of our roads just like the Romans did, and we have mile marks, just like the romans.