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__   AQUEDUCTS ROADS SLAVES NERO ROMANSOLDIER COLOSSEUM ENDURING IMPACT HOME

Roads __ The Roman Road construction was very complex. You may need to know about these roads to get from place to place. The roads were constructed strait and wide. They needed to be able to fit many people at one time. They were built smooth so people could travel quickly. They crisscrossed over each other and almost all the time started in the center of the town. They built the roads strong by first digging a deep trench about three in half feet deep. It was filled with a wood base. Then layers of stone and gravel are pored over the wood. Last the road was paved in to a hill shaped form so rain water could run off in to trenches. A groma machine was used to check if the road was strait. Roads were also made on top of stone bridges. Roads were used to send army supplies, transport goods for trade, and the wealthy traveled in litters, a small horse and buggy, across them. Roads helped people in so many ways in ancient Rome.