When people want to get to a place easier and faster we always look for the shorter route. The Romans were aware of the importance of creating roads to make the trip easier and faster. The document 32 The Persian Royal Road was written by Herodotus (Histories 5.52-53) and Xenophon (Cyropaedia 8.6.17-18). In this passage both authors describe how roads were built in Roma. The goal was to made the road as easier and efficient as possible. The passage describes that there were 111 stages and they made as many rest stops as possible. The Romans wanted to give the chances to people to rest when they get tired. The first road was made from Sardis to Susa “ for people traveling at rate of 150 stadia = 20 miles each day, just 90 days will take”. By