It is often said that "all roads lead to Rome," and in fact, they once did. The road system of the Ancient Romans was one of the greatest engineering accomplishments of its time, with over 50,000 miles of paved road radiating from the center at the city of Rome. Although the Roman road system was originally built to facilitate the movement of troops throughout the empire, civilians eventually used it for other purposes then and even …showed first 75 words of 810 total…

…showed last 75 words of 810 total…The roman army was one of the benefactors of the roads. Traveling great distances in a short time help fight off unruly barbarians in the north, and menacing armies in the south. Much of the roads built were built by roman soldiers. These labors were specializing in their fields of road building. For roads were important to Roman army, and it was in there best interest to build roads to the best of the abilities.