FinleyTaylorRomanRoads

** While in Rome you should know somthings about the roads in Rome like what they were used for where some of them whent to, the size of roads and what they were made out of.
 * Roman Roads


 * 1) the first improved road built in ancient Rome was the Via Appia built in 312 BC
 * 2) the new roads were much sturdier than the older dirt roads
 * 3) the roads were built in layers the first being soil and stone the second sand and gravel mixed with clay and the third was gravel or large stone
 * 4) the roads were layed in 3 1/2 meter trenches
 * 5) slaves ussually worked on the roads
 * 6) all of the roads led to Rome
 * 7) They helped spread the roman empire
 * 8) the roads led to the territories rome conquered
 * 9) these roads allowed soldiers and traders to travel quickly
 * 10) the roads were built highests in the center to help water drain off