EkstrandMyersRomanRoads

Roman Roads Roman Roads main purpose were to improve the movement of soldiers.  -    The appian way was romes greatest road   - Romans learned their road building from the Etruscans  -   Romans made 372 roads added up to  53,000 miles   -     Romans began building roads outside of   italy   in 148 b.c.   

Roman roads were the main secret to romes sucess. Roads were essential for the growth of the Roman empire. Roads helped carry goods from one location to another. It also helped roman soldiers move around faster then without roads. Road construction was a complicated process. It envolved survaying road beds, laying diffrent layers of stone, dirt and concrete. They used two main tools the groma which helped them in measuring angles of the road, and the gromatici which helped them a rod like tool used in road construction.