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These roads bear the names of their constructors (e.g. Via Appia, Cassia, Flaminia). [9] Roman roads were named after the censor who had ordered their construction or reconstruction. The same person often served afterwards as consul, but the road name is dated to his term as censor.
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Roman roads in Europe (7 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Roman roads" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Roman roads were constructed to be immune to floods and other environmental hazards. Some roads built by the Romans are still in use today. There were several variations on a standard Roman road. Most of the higher quality roads were composed of five layers. The bottom layer, called the pavimentum, was one inch thick and made of mortar. Above ...
The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138), showing the network of main Roman roads. Items portrayed in this file depicts. copyright status. copyrighted.
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A section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads has been unearthed in south-east London in a “remarkable” archaeological discovery.. The 2,000-year-old road, known as Watling Street ...
Margary numbers are the numbering scheme developed by the historian Ivan Margary to catalogue known and suspected Roman roads in Britain in his 1955 work The Roman Roads of Britain. [1] They remain the standard system used by archaeologists and historians to identify individual Roman roads within Britain. [1]