Rome: The Use Of Road Construction In Ancient Rome

The major materials used were plain dirt, gravel, and pavement each used based on the type of road the Romans were building. For example, a private road where people often rarely travelled would be primarily made up of dirt while military roads got the best materials since they would be used most often. Most of the constructional knowledge the Romans had achieved during their time was expanded from the Etruscans. The road construction in Rome can almost be viewed as an art where each piece was laid with a significant purpose and amount of detail to the overall project itself. Remarkably many of the ancient structures along the Roman roads such as bridges and archways are still in use today symbolizing one of Rome’s greatest accomplishment in building these roads to truly last (Andrews, 2014).
Spread of Information
Amongst this information flow, Rome incorporated its first use of a postal system along the different roads allowing for faster travel news across the great empire. Rome started by adding a network of postal stations along the road along with the utilization of carts and horses to allow for a speedy deliverance of correspondence to longer distant locations spanning across the empire. For the first time in history there was an actual way to receive mail in Rome which was one of the great developments started in Rome that we still use today. Military couriers transported letters between senators, commanders, and the emperor while civilian mail service was beginning to become a big business opportunity through the empire as well (Roman Roads: UNRV,