ROMAN ROADS

MATERIALS

• Flint
• Gravel
• Stone Slabs
• Any other hard materials available.

CONSTRUCTION

• A middle layer of softer material such as sand or gravel
• A surface of usually a gravel.
• The upper layers of the road are finer material well-rammed down.
• Total depth could reach up 1 to 1.5 m

BUILDERS

MILE

• The Romans put along their roads miliaria or lapides, “milestones”
• Inscriptions where they marked the mile where the traveller was on a road

FAMOUS ROADS

• Via Popillia
• Via Flaminia
• Via Cassia
• Via Latina