Roman roads

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Roman roads were an extensive and durable network of paved routes that enabled efficient military movement, trade, and communication across the vast territories of the Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient road network
infrastructure of the Roman Empire
transportation system
builtBy Roman engineers
Roman legions
linked to: Roman legion

local labor under Roman authority
characteristic built with multiple layers of materials
cambered surface for drainage
ditches or drainage on sides
durability
milestones along routes
paved with stone in many sections
relatively straight alignments
connected Rome
major cities of the empire
military forts
ports
provincial capitals
constructionMethod bridges and causeways over obstacles
layered foundation of stones and gravel
use of surveying instruments for alignment
hasPart Fosse Way
Stane Street
Via Aemilia
Via Appia
Via Aurelia
Via Egnatia
Via Flaminia
Watling Street
influenced medieval European road networks
modern European road routes
locatedIn Asia Minor
Britannia
linked to: Great Britain

Gaul
Hispania
linked to: Iberian Peninsula

Italy
North Africa
Roman Empire
the Balkans
linked to: Balkans

the Near East
linked to: Middle East
maintainedBy Roman state
local municipalities
regulatedBy Roman law
timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic
usedBy Roman Empire
Roman merchants
Roman military
linked to: Roman navy
usedFor administration
communication
imperial control
military movement
tax collection
trade

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Roman Empire notableInfrastructure Roman roads
Rome contains Appian Way
linked to: Roman roads
Via Appia partOf Roman road network
linked to: Roman roads
Watling Street partOf Roman road network in Britain
linked to: Roman roads
Via Egnatia partOf Roman road network
linked to: Roman roads
Aquincum hasRoadConnection Roman road network in Pannonia
linked to: Roman roads
Gallia Narbonensis integratedInto Roman road network
linked to: Roman roads
Hadrianopolis connectedBy Roman roads
Luna connectedBy Roman road network of northern Italy
linked to: Roman roads
Appian Way partOf Roman road network
linked to: Roman roads
Regina viarum relatedConcept Roman roads
subject linked to: regina viarum
Itinerary II of the Antonine Itinerary relatedTo Roman road system
linked to: Roman roads
Roman state hasInfrastructure Roman roads
Milliarium Aureum associatedWith Viae publicae (Roman public roads)
linked to: Roman roads
Via Militaris partOf Roman road network
linked to: Roman roads
Roman Spain infrastructure Roman roads
Barcino wasConnectedBy Roman roads
Tynedale hasHeritage Roman roads
Tiberius Bridge wasPartOf Roman road network in northern Italy
linked to: Roman roads
modern A29 road hasHistoricalBasis Roman road network
linked to: Roman roads
Ermine Street partOf Roman road network in Britain
subject linked to: Roman Ermine Street
linked to: Roman roads
Anxur partOf Roman road network
linked to: Roman roads
Roman Sardinia integratedInto Roman road network
linked to: Roman roads