-Rome was the center of an advanced infrastructure system that spanned from Britain to Egypt and from the Carpathian Mountains to the Pillars of Hercules

-Over 50,000 miles of roads reached across Roman territory during the Roman Empire

-The original purpose of the roads were for military exploitation

-Most of the road building was done by full-time soldiers, although some additional work was done by private workers or slaves

-Roman Roads were so effective that in the later empire they actually became a liability due to invading forces traveling on them just as fast the Roman armies

Roman Roads