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__ Life of a roman solider a __quaducts Colosseum Roman roads  ·  **  In recent years, instead of building new roads, modern engineers simply covered many of the old Roman roads with a coat of asphalt, therefore the Roman roads still do exist. **  ·  **  The Romans built thousands of miles of roads. **  ·  **  The Romans invented a milestone that helped people who were traveling find there way around. **  ·  **  The mile markers were six feet tall and were used three ways: used to give mileage to the nearest large city, also to interment places too. **  ·  **  People were most worried about high way robbery while traveling down these roads. **  ·  **  The Romans built 50,000 mile roads. **  ·  **  Most of the Roman roads were made with a medaled surface. **  ·  **  Most obstacles that were in the way of making a street straight, they would change the path unless they could move the obstacles. **  ·  **  Roman roads were mainly used for military transport. **  ·  ** Romans were not the first to have roads, **** Italy **** have **** Rome **** the idea of roads. **  ·  **  The Romans roads were about 40 feet wide.
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