Simple answer is to travel.
More elaborate is to make their Empire more efficient and therefore more prosperous.
Goods were delivered faster on roads then off roads similar to present days.
The Roman roads were initially built for the quick movement of military forces. However over time they became the arteries of the empire, used by everyone but with the military still having priority.
I thought Roman roads were built for the armies to travel upon.
VidCrazy: That is right....
roman roads allow people to communicate
Merchants to travel safely
The Latins (the Romans were Latins) and all the Italic peoples adopted and adapted the western Greek alphabet to develop their written languages when Greeks migrated to southern Italy and established settlements from the 8th to the 6th century BC. The Romans worked out how to build paved roads by themselves. It was a Roman innovation.
The roads in the roman ere were sloped so slaves could use rolers and bring things.
They built straight roads
The first of the famous Roman stone paved roads, the Appian Way, was built in 312 BC, during the Roman Republic, long before Rome had emperors. The Romans built their roads over many centuries and their construction was commissioned by many different men. The emperors were not responsible for building roads. Originally the officer of state responsible for building roads was the censor. When the empire grew too big for one man to be responsible for the building of roads in such a large empire, the responsibility was handed over to the provincial governors. In Italy, a special commission was instituted for this purpose.
Rhine and Danube Rivers.
Roads were built in Roman colonies so they can ride chariots on them.
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If you mean the Roman empire, the Roman army built the roads, as they did almost all other major constructions.
The ancient Romans
The Latins (the Romans were Latins) and all the Italic peoples adopted and adapted the western Greek alphabet to develop their written languages when Greeks migrated to southern Italy and established settlements from the 8th to the 6th century BC. The Romans worked out how to build paved roads by themselves. It was a Roman innovation.
The Roman roads were constructed by the army. They were elevated slightly in the center for drainage purposes.
so that Romans could travel
Yes, the Roman roads were built primarily to serve the military. This as a result allowed facilitating trade and military movements easier.
The roads in the roman ere were sloped so slaves could use rolers and bring things.
Roman military highways are the same as the main Roman roads. Remember that the reason the Romans built their roads in the first place was for the military, plus the military men were the ones who constructed the roads.
They built straight roads
The roads were well built (they still exist) and they were able to move military, goods, and people without much effort.