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How did Romans build roads?
Layers of stone that still exist
Put on your imaginary sandals and travel back in time to see how the Romans built super-strong stone roads!
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- 2,000 years ago
Dig a Trench
Roman builders started by digging a long ditch in the dirt. This gave them a flat place to start building.
The big idea
Ancient Romans built deep, layered roads out of stone so people and carts could travel anywhere safely.
Fun facts
- ✨ Some Roman roads are so strong that people still walk and drive on them today!
- ✨ The Romans built over 50,000 miles of paved roads all across Europe.
- ✨ Roman soldiers helped build many of the roads when they weren't in battles!
Science words
- Trench — a deep, long ditch dug into the ground
- Gravel — lots of small, bumpy little stones
- Surveyor — a person who measures the land to map out a straight path