grossromanroads

Roman roads Aqueducts Slaves Colosseum Roads Home augustus military entertanment          
 *  The roads constructed by the   Roman     Republic  , primarily for the rapid movement of troops in the   Roman Army.      
 *  By the second   century A.D.,   Roman engineers had built a network of 372 roman roads that totaled about 53,000 miles in length  
 *  Ruins of a Roman road in present-day   Algeria   .  
 * The reign of Roman emperor Augustus saw the expansion of infrastructure and roads across the empire, an increase in trade, and a heightened exchange of ideas and culture.
 * Approximatly 50,000 miles long
 *  roads consisted of a metalled surface
 * roman roads were used for trade and traansportation
 * the roads were alwas very crowded and full of people
 * used markers to tell people were the next city is or inn
 * in modern day america we now use roads even more than the romans did we have billions of miles strething all across the border. also there are many more inns and stpos on te way not one maile then another