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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Generate an image of Roman roads (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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Statements (54)

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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Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Severan Bridge at Cendere → partOf → Roman road network in Commagene ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Strada Maggiore → hasOrigin → Roman road network of Bologna ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Via Tiburtina → partOf → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Ocilis → partOf → Roman road network in Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Roman province of Gallia → integratedInto → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Octodurus → partOf → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Roman Campagna → hasFeature → Roman roads ⓘ
Pompaelo → connectedBy → Roman roads ⓘ
Hostilia → partOf → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Roman Germania → infrastructure → Roman roads ⓘ
Via Valeria → partOf → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Calagurris → hasRoadConnection → Roman road network in Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Via Labicana → partOf → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Via Laurentina → partOf → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Bostra → connectedBy → Roman roads ⓘ
Ebora → partOf → Roman road network in Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
West Gate of Roman Colchester → associatedWith → Roman road network around Colchester ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Roman bridge (Mérida) → partOf → Roman road network in Hispania ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman bridge
linked to: Roman roads
Roman conquest of Italy → usedMilitaryInnovation → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Zollfeld valley → hasRemainsOf → Roman roads ⓘ
Via Herculia → partOf → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Romanization of Gaul → usedInstrument → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Venetia et Histria → integratedInto → Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads
Carthaginensis → hadInfrastructure → Roman roads ⓘ