So the Roman army could quickly reach and subdue any trouble with rebellious British tribes.
So it was quicker to get were you were going.The Romans wanted to make sure there roads were straight so their soldiers could get places faster.
The Roman roads fell into disuse centuries ago. The influence they have had is in the fact that many of them followed important trade routed across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Many modern roads follow paths which are similar to that of Roman roads.
Roads were built in Roman colonies so they can ride chariots on them.
they were smart by building their roads with several layers of construction with proper drainage at the sides.
The roads in the roman ere were sloped so slaves could use rolers and bring things.
so that Romans could travel
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?
The Roman military owned the roads in a manner of speaking. The military built them and had the right of way on them. The roads enabled the troops to move rapidly to their destination in a straight line whenever possible.
The Romans build many roads for the same reasons that we have so many roads today-- to get from here to there. The Romans (and ourselves) used roads to transport people and goods from place to place. The army was efficiently moved along better roads and better roads made for better transport of trade goods. Communications with all parts of the empire was possible, at least in part, by the use of good roads.
Yes, the Roman roads were built primarily to serve the military. This as a result allowed facilitating trade and military movements easier.
A specific inventor of Roman roads is unknown, however archaeology has shown that the Roman road was developed over many hundreds of years form the beginning of the Empire to its final collapse and demise in around 700ad. This design was so good that even today there are sections of preserved Roman road which can be used for transport and many modern routes follow the original routes of the Roman roads.
They were important because they roads would boost trade and so armies coan move quicker.