MeyerHradiskyRoads

   Military     Aqueducts Augustus Colosseum Home Artisan Roman Roads If you were in Rome, you would want to know how to get from city to city. For this, you would use the road system. The Romans built thousands of miles of roads. The roads connected every city back to Rome. The Romans also invented the milestone, which you could use to tell how far it is back to Rome if you were traveling. You would want to be careful though, because robbers often ambushed travelers. There was no formal traffic code, but there were laws about traveling. You wouldn't really have to worry about traffic because the roads are much less crowded then modern roads. Most roads were built in straight lines, and many had gutters. The Romans built them so well, using the agger foundation which they learned from the Etruscans, that some are still travelded on today. When you're in Rome and you are a merchant, you can use theses roads, because they helped trade progress. The Romans built very long-lasting roads.