It was a way for Rome to carry out their daily activities with better efficiency , now in today's age we use it for the same purposes. In the year 312 BCE Rome started building the Appian way. Rome’s first major highway, extended from Roman Forum to modern day Brindisi. Nobody from the time is still alive to answer any questions about their experiences, but we do have first hand accounts from other media in that time. Someone was recorded saying “Refúgium nobis via sensus tempus adquirendi nunc nobis auferenti haberent vias prius habuimus”(“ The road gives us a sense of protection because now it takes our soldiers have the time to get to us as it did before we had the roads”). The roads provided several services and economic growth to surrounding areas.
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The Appian way too many has come to be called “ Longarum Regina Viarum”(queen of long-distance roads). The roman were not the first people to build roads but they were the first to nearly perfect them. The roman learned to make the best roads, first you would have to find the right materials. The Major roman roads were about 4.2 m wide, this was enough space for two people to pass each other. Roads were finished with a gravel surface sometimes mixed with lime or, for more prestigious sections such as near towns, with dressed stone blocks of volcanic tuff, cobbles, or paving stones of silice (basalt) or limestone. First a trench was dug and a rudus (foundation) was laid using various stones materials. On top of this a layer of finer gravel was added and the road was then surfaced with blocks or slabs. The center of the roads were higher up to allow rain to go the ditches. With such fine craftsmanship some of these roads still exist today and will exist for a very long
The Appian way too many has come to be called “ Longarum Regina Viarum”(queen of long-distance roads). The roman were not the first people to build roads but they were the first to nearly perfect them. The roman learned to make the best roads, first you would have to find the right materials. The Major roman roads were about 4.2 m wide, this was enough space for two people to pass each other. Roads were finished with a gravel surface sometimes mixed with lime or, for more prestigious sections such as near towns, with dressed stone blocks of volcanic tuff, cobbles, or paving stones of silice (basalt) or limestone. First a trench was dug and a rudus (foundation) was laid using various stones materials. On top of this a layer of finer gravel was added and the road was then surfaced with blocks or slabs. The center of the roads were higher up to allow rain to go the ditches. With such fine craftsmanship some of these roads still exist today and will exist for a very long