Designed Roads Vs Roman Roads

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Now I know what you're thinking what can beat such good inventions, what can top running water and stadiums? Well it is one of the most common thing in the world and we use it everyday to get to place to place each day. You might have guessed it, roads yes, the roman built and uniquely designed roads. The Romans used roads a little differently than how we use them. We both use them for transportation, but the Romans used them for communication meaning at every intersection there would be a place to post news. They also used them for military use because walking on a paved road was much faster then dirt roads. They had secondary roads and primary roads also known as the highways. There are 200,000 miles of secondary roads and 50,000 miles of