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+# Roman Roads
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+# Roman Roads
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+## Overview
+The Roman road network was one of the greatest engineering achievements of the ancient world, spanning ~400,000 km at its peak and enabling rapid military movement, trade, and communication across the empire.
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+## Key Facts
+- Total network: ~400,000 km (80,000 km paved)
+- First major road: Via Appia (312 BCE), Rome to Capua
+- Construction: Layered system of gravel, sand, and paving stones
+- Maintained by: State and local authorities
+
+## Engineering
+- Surveyed in straight lines where possible (*agrimensor* surveyors)
+- Layered construction: Foundation (*statumen*), gravel (*rudus*), concrete (*nucleus*), paving (*summa crusta*) [^1]
+- Drainage ditches on both sides
+- Milestones (*miliaria*) every Roman mile (~1.48 km)
+
+## Major Roads
+- Via Appia (312 BCE): "Queen of Roads," Rome to Brindisi
+- Via Egnatia (~146 BCE): Connected Adriatic to Byzantium
+- Via Augusta: Spain
+- Stane Street, Watling Street: Roman Britain [^2]
+
+## Legacy
+- "All roads lead to Rome" — the network radiated from the *Milliarium Aureum* in the Forum
+- Many modern European roads follow Roman alignments
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+---
+[^1]: Laurence, R. *The Roads of Roman Italy* (Routledge, 1999)
+[^2]: Chevallier, R. *Roman Roads* (University of California Press, 1976)
+---
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+## Review Queue
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