Who thought of the first roman road?

Answer 1

The Romans were far from the first people to build roads.

When we speak of roads in connection with the Romans we're usually referring to paved roads, but a road is generally defined as a fixed route deliberately constructed to allow people, vehicles and animals to move conveniently from one place to another. It's worth noting that the wider the road, the greater the protection from predators which prefer to stay camouflaged, such as wolves, bears and, of course, people; something to be considered when you're travelling on foot, riding something that might appear edible to a bear, or carrying a bag; human predators know anyone making the effort to travel is probably carrying something worth stealing.

But roads date back to the time mankind formed extended communities; this meant people built places to come from and to go to, and so needed more sophisticated methods of travel than simply beating a track, mounted or, more usually until well past medieval times, on foot. And as communities grew larger, defined roads became necessary for easy movement within those communities.

In a tiny village, which might be little more than a large family, people who needed - for example - eggs, but didn't keep poultry would simply walk to visit someone who did. But as communities become more urbanized it's necessary for those whose hens produce an abundance of eggs to load up baskets on a donkey or ox, or even pile crates on a cart, and take them to comparatively distant buyers, and this isn't easily done when you're bumping over an unpredictable track. The egg-principle of travel can be seen today in many developing countries; the ingenious methods of transporting delicate or perishable goods are astounding, and a paved and straightened road can see a huge change in the lives of local consumers and suppliers.

Roads were always primarily used for trading, communication, work and military purposes; today, of course they play a huge part in our leisure activities: a very modern concept indeed.

In southern England the Icknield Way runs from the Thames Valley to Norfolk and is probably at least pre-iron age (around twelfth century BC) - a very long time before the Roman Republic was established. Icknield'a a comparative youngster, though, compared with other ancient and well-traveled routes.

Many roads in Asia were developed thousands of years ago, and there are timber roads in England and paved roads in Mesopotamia dating back at least six thousand years - well over four thousand years before the Roman Republic began, around 508 BC.

In the English-speaking world, Roman-built roads - associated with the Roman Republic and the later Roman Empire, widely considered established in January, 27 BC, by Augustus on being declared first emperor of Rome - are frequently believed to be the earliest known roads, and the best-known of these are in what is now Great Britain. Certainly the Romans were impressive engineers in many fields and are justly renowned for their road-building skills.

In 300 BC the Romans were laying down straight, stone-paved roads for military purposes, in Africa's north and in much of Europe; by the end of the Roman Empire there were nearly 80,000 km (50,000 miles) of roads between Rome and its dominions or proposed dominions.

More recently, civilizations such as the Incas, in what is now South America, built sophisticated road systems serving their cities and smaller communities. Sophisticated roads were being developed worldwide, well before our currently recorded history, and new evidence constantly emerges which demonstrates the engineering skills of our ancestors. Primitive, they weren't.

Etymology: The English word, 'road', originally referred to a horseback journey; by the 1590s it had come to mean an open, planned thoroughfare for such a journey. The term came into English from Scots via Germanic, with the meaning of a raid, in the sense of an invasion.

Answer 2

Livy mentions well known Roman roads in relation to historical events. The one mentioned furthest back in the via Gabii (508 BC, 18 km), via Latina (490 BC, 140 km) via Nomantana (Ficulensis, 449 BC 23 km), via Labicana (421 BC, 20 km) via Salaria 361 BC, 242 km), However, these are not dates of construction and for the longer ones, we do not know if their known extent was reached later. They might have been earthtracks. The fist paved road was the famous via Appia (Appian Way) commissioned in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus. It was built to speed up the movement of troops to the front in the second Samnite war. It originally reached Capua (192 km) just north of Naples. It was then extended a further 35 Km to Meleventum (Benevento). A branch to Calabria and one to Apulia were added later.

Answer 3

In 69 A.D. when they started on the coliseum.

Answer 4

The frst main road for ancient Rome was built in 312 BC by Appius Claudius. Before this there were roads by they were no more than mud tracks.

Answer 5

The first major Roman road was/is the Via Appia or Appian Way and it ran from Rome to Brundisium. It was constructed in 312 BC.

Answer 6

I did. (Not really, I don't know.)

Answer 7

your maama