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 * Roman Roads**

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Romans build roads that go all over their empire. In fact, one of the big signs that there are Romans nearby is that there are good roads. Roman soldiers police the roads so that bandits don't attack people. They have milestones that tell you how far you are away from everywhere. There's a saying that "all roads lead to Rome". This is basically true. There are miles and miles of Roman roads, and all of them connect for easy and efficient travel.





As said before, the romans used milestones to tell people on those roads how many more miles untill the next city or town. The milestone's numbers and letters were painted in bringht orange or yellow so that they could be seen very clearly.

Right is a picture of a roman milestone.

For fast travel, romans built roads a straight and as flat as possible. The roads were cunsructed of many layers. 1.The first or bottom layer of a road was made of bits of gravel and stone. The l;ayer was pounded down to ensure a level surface for the road to be built on top of. 2. The second layer was cement. 3. The third layer was sand. 4. The fourth layer (the layer people walked on) was made of large stones with cement grout that gave them a tight fit.

Even though it has been thousands of years, the legacy of the road still lives on to this day. The only difference is that now, we have a l.ot more roads in areas that were thought of as impossible in ancient rome. Roads help us to travel fast, conviently, and efficient.