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The Roman engineers created roads that went through natural obstacles rather than around them wherever possible. A Roman road consisted of two parallel trenches and a well drained core. Packed small stones were the foundation and the drainage system was the best the ancient world had ever seen. Layers of concrete and cement and concrete gravel made the roads durable. The top layer was made of gravel, packed stones and paving stones.
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What did the Romans use to make their road system?
The Romans built about 10,000 miles of roads throughout the empire. Roman roads were made with sand, gravel, rocks and concrete and beveled to help water drain to the outer sections of the road. Whenever possible the roadways were made straight and ran through natural obstacles as best as their engineers could manage. The Roman engineers also used clay, mortar and volcanic lava rocks. The surface of the roads were usually rectangular stone slabs.
How did the Romans build the aqua claudia?
use nothing
What tools did the Romans use to build roads?
They used a special tool called a GROMA which was made of two sticks with string and a lead weight which helped the Romans to see if the road was straight then they put 2 sticks in the ground to mark were to build the road. They then built the road with different layers one sand and one gravel and one stones they then smoothed it down.
What did the Romans use sand for?
The Romans used sand for many purposes. Two of the most well-known are making the road bedding for the stone-paved roads and to make glass.
What did the Romans create in Britain?
They built roads, many of which are still in use today, hot water, sewers, so many things
