Roman Roads
Roman roads were very important to the empire and its development. They were built from about 500 BC through the expansion of the Roman Empire. They provided a way of transportation on land for armies, officials and civilians, and a path to trade goods. This helped the people navigate where they are going and stay on track. This also was a great way to transport goods across land from place to place. There were many different types of Roman roads; there were small local roads, long-distance, and highways.
These major roads were often stone-paved and metaled and were lined by footpaths and drainage ditches. They were laid on leveled area, and some were cut through hills, or conducted over rivers making bridges. Some parts were even supported over marsh lands.
These roads were created at the peak of Rome's development, there were about twenty-nine military highways leading to the capital, and the Empire's one hundred and thirteen city-states were interconnected by around three hundred and seventy-two main roadways. In all, there were over four hundred thousand kilometers of land being obtained by the Roman roads. Twenty one thousand kilometers of road are said to have been improved.
PAX ROMANA Pax Romana means “Roman peace” in Latin and it was the long period of peace and minimal expansion by military force was experienced by the Roman Empire in the first and second centuries AD. The people acknowledged that the true principles of their social life, laws, agriculture, and science, which had been first invented by the wisdom of Athens and were now established by the power of Rome. Pax Romana was established by Augustus and is sometimes called Pax Augusta.
Augustus was the one who laid the foundation for this period of “peace,” which also extended to Persia and North Africa. The empire protected