Straight roads were invented in the pre-roman iron age. And did you know, that some roads in America go straight for such long distances that they have to make a right turn to account for the curvature of the earth so it conforms to the map?
No; the technique of building 'hard' roads was invented by the Romans.
The Romans invented concrete, not roads. Roads were around before the Rome existed.
The sumerians invented pots for drinking in markets and roads
rail roads
The Romans. They were the first to have paved roads.
Edmund J. DeSmedt
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The question is "WERE there roads in the Persian empire". The simple answer is no, the Persians only had dirt paths they travelled on but not "roads" by definition being a paved path. The Romans invented roads.
There was no one person that invented the Nation Road
Probable from the ancient Assyrians.
Around 500 BC by the romans in Italy.