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Roman roads The roads were constructed by the roman republic. The reason they built the roads was so that troops could move faster. The Etruscan engineers constructed gravel roads with stable beds and they improved drainage. They started to build roads outside of Italy in 148 B.C. in order to finish the roads they had to work in any kind of weather. The roman roads are very important in Rome because it takes you places you need to go. We still have roads as we did back then. The only diffrence is that the roads we have today are all cement. the roads from back then were made out of stone