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back to homepage  Aqueducts,coliseum, Augustus Caesar, weapons Stephen’s guide to Rome ’s roads  In case you have to work on the roads this is how you make them: Some things you need to know about Roman roads:  ·     They were highest in the middle  ·     Roads were very narrow  ·     Venders brought hot food to the people
 * First they dug a trench and removed all the loose soil and rocks
 * They poured in layers of fine, dry soil and small stones
 * Next put on a layer that contained a type of concrete made of broken stones and limestone
 * lastly they lay a flat stone slabs were laid on top