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Roman roads Aqueducts Home Military Coliseum Daily life Emperor This page explains the Rome’sroad system. The roman roads are the most extensive system of roads so far. Since you will be traveling on Rome's roads system some Informaton to know is that the construction involves several layers. Each layer is built on embankments for foundation. The roads are built with humps so if it rained it would go down the drains. All roman roads are strong enough to be used in any condition. That is why they are strong enough to hold a thousend pounds, and since they are so strong the could last up to a hundred years or more. The purpose of these roads is to swiftly move armies. On some roads they're are shrines for gods. One of the great roads is the queen road which is called appian way.

The roman roads have impacted us today by providing enginering skills for building modern day roads. A picture of their roads: