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20% of the 400,000 kilometres (250,000 miles) of the road network of the Roman Empire were the stone-paved roads.

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How were cities in ancient Rome connected?

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What are some Ancient Roman achievements?

roads


What are some lasting effects of roman roads?

Well, the roads themselves are lasting effects in a way. Parts of some of them are still usable today. However the main lasting effect of Roman roads is the routs they took. Many European roads follow the same or similar routs of the old Roman roads. In ancient times the roads brought prosperity to the empire and the opportunity for expansion and the spread of Roman culture.Well, the roads themselves are lasting effects in a way. Parts of some of them are still usable today. However the main lasting effect of Roman roads is the routs they took. Many European roads follow the same or similar routs of the old Roman roads. In ancient times the roads brought prosperity to the empire and the opportunity for expansion and the spread of Roman culture.Well, the roads themselves are lasting effects in a way. Parts of some of them are still usable today. However the main lasting effect of Roman roads is the routs they took. Many European roads follow the same or similar routs of the old Roman roads. In ancient times the roads brought prosperity to the empire and the opportunity for expansion and the spread of Roman culture.Well, the roads themselves are lasting effects in a way. Parts of some of them are still usable today. However the main lasting effect of Roman roads is the routs they took. Many European roads follow the same or similar routs of the old Roman roads. In ancient times the roads brought prosperity to the empire and the opportunity for expansion and the spread of Roman culture.Well, the roads themselves are lasting effects in a way. Parts of some of them are still usable today. However the main lasting effect of Roman roads is the routs they took. Many European roads follow the same or similar routs of the old Roman roads. In ancient times the roads brought prosperity to the empire and the opportunity for expansion and the spread of Roman culture.Well, the roads themselves are lasting effects in a way. Parts of some of them are still usable today. However the main lasting effect of Roman roads is the routs they took. Many European roads follow the same or similar routs of the old Roman roads. In ancient times the roads brought prosperity to the empire and the opportunity for expansion and the spread of Roman culture.Well, the roads themselves are lasting effects in a way. Parts of some of them are still usable today. However the main lasting effect of Roman roads is the routs they took. Many European roads follow the same or similar routs of the old Roman roads. In ancient times the roads brought prosperity to the empire and the opportunity for expansion and the spread of Roman culture.Well, the roads themselves are lasting effects in a way. Parts of some of them are still usable today. However the main lasting effect of Roman roads is the routs they took. Many European roads follow the same or similar routs of the old Roman roads. In ancient times the roads brought prosperity to the empire and the opportunity for expansion and the spread of Roman culture.Well, the roads themselves are lasting effects in a way. Parts of some of them are still usable today. However the main lasting effect of Roman roads is the routs they took. Many European roads follow the same or similar routs of the old Roman roads. In ancient times the roads brought prosperity to the empire and the opportunity for expansion and the spread of Roman culture.


Why was a system of roads critical to keeping empire?

The ancient Romans had the best engineered roads in ancient history. In fact, many roads in Europe as late as the 1800's were not constructed as well as those of ancient Rome. The Roman roadways served two major areas of importance. One was to enable the Roman legions to be transported to battle areas. Additionally, the roads served as a means for commercial traffic and trading throughout the ancient Roman world. Estimates of the network of Roman roads exceed 10,000 miles.


In what year were three million miles of roads surfaced?

1970


How are modern roads different from ancient roman roads?

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Why were Roman Roads so unique in the ancient world?

Roman roads were unique in the ancient world first of all because of their construction. They were built to take heavy traffic. They were consistently maintained and they made trade, communication and travel easy and efficient.


What was the goal of many ancient Roman engineering projects?

The goal of many ancient Roman engineering projects was to connect the cities of Rome with roads and to bring them water with aquaducts.


Were Roman roads called aqueducts?

No, aqueducts were used to carry clean water to cities. The names of the types of roads were via munita for the stone-paved road, via glareata for the gravel surfaced road and via terrena for the leveled earth road.


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