HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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canals
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roads
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ships
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runners
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Detailed explanation-1: -Aqueducts were amazing feats of engineering given the time period. Though earlier civilizations in Egypt and India also built aqueducts, the Romans improved on the structure and built an extensive and complex network across their territories.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Appian Way-Rome’s gateway to the East-was Europe’s first super highway and the wonder of its day. Built in 312 BC, it connected Rome with Capua (near Naples), running in a straight line for much of the way.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first and most famous great Roman road was the Via Appia (or Appian Way). Constructed from 312 BCE and covering 196 km (132 Roman miles), it linked Rome to Capua in as straight a line as possible and was known to the Romans as the Regina viarum or ‘Queen of Roads’.