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__Construction and Purpose of Roman Roads! __ The Roman Roads were constructed by the Roman  Republic . Roman Roads were usually laid upon a carefully constructed embankment to prove a foundation. For very minor roads, no embankment was built, but two roads of curbstones define the carriageway; the excavation between them was layered with stones and graded materials, the top most sometimes forming the pavement. Overall, the depth of Roman roads from the surface to the bottom of the base was up to five feet. The roads width varied according to function, importance, and topography. By the second century A.D, Roman engineers had built a network of 372 Roman Roads that totaled about 53,000 miles in length. It began in Scotland  and ended at the Euphrates  River  on Mesopotamia . Today, we have roads and highways every where which help us transport from place to place in a short amount of time.
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