Roman Roads and Infrastructure

Roads - Culture

100

Famous proverb/saying about Rome's roads?

"All roads lead to Rome."

200

Approximate mileage of roads across the Roman empire

250,000 miles

300

Number of Rome's major roads by the 2nd century BCE

4

400

Name of the first major road of Rome

Via Appia

500

Latin word for the "milestones" along the roads of Rome (showed how far you were from the center of Rome)

Milarium

Roads - Construction

100

Word for layers of a Roman road

Strata

200

Shape of the surface Roman roads (so water flowed off the sides)

Curved

300

All Roman roads were ____

straight

400

Average width of Roman roads

4-6 meters

500

Latin word for the top layer of a Roman road

Pavimentum

Aqueducts

100

Sources of water for aqueducts

Lakes / springs / rivers

200

Uses for water from aqueducts

Drinking and cooking / bathing / sanitation

300

Used ____ to bring water from higher elevations

Gravity

400

Water from aqueducts was distributed throughout the city via _____

underground tunnels

500

Types of aqueducts

Two-tier bridge / siphon / tunnel

Roman Concrete

100

"Magic ingredient" of Roman concrete

Salt water

200

Volcanic ash, lime, and water make up what part of Roman concrete?

Mortar

300

Chunks of rock, pebbles, and terracotta

Aggregate

400

Used when building structures like...

The Colosseum / The Pantheon (dome)

500

The Latin name for volcanic ash used in Roman concrete

Pozzolana