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Roman Roads Research Paper

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It's interesting to see how many customs, traditions and even they way things are made yesterday are still made or constructed that way today. The Romans were known for their skills at building just about anything, particularly roads. Rome the heartbeat of the Roman Empire, was said to have extensive network o roads led directly to the center of Rome. As suspected many of these roads still exist today.

Paved roads capable and practical for use in all types of weather were first built by the Romans. Their roads were built higher in the middle than they were on the edges. This method made it very effective because when it rained the water would run off to the side of the road. Today this method is called turtle back or crowning. Besides building

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