CLCV 1008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Aqua Appia, Appian Way, Brindisi
18 Oct 2014
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Roads are a hallmark of a centralized state. In 312 bc, appius claudius caecus began constructing the first aqueduct (aqua. Appia) and a road from rome to capua (via appia). The via appia was wide enough for two vehicles to pass one another and was made of igneous rock. Another hallmark of the road were the milestones, or miliaria, placed every 1,000 paces (about 1. 48 km). Information such as the distance to the next city was written on the miliaria. There is an image of men constructing a road on trajan"s column in rome. Roman roads covered much of europe and north africa. There are many roman roads, bridges, and aqueducts in spain. Many of the bridges are still in use. There are many roman roads and lighthouses in britain. The incas were also a centralized state society, though they did not keep written records. In the 15th and 16th centuries ad, the incas built many ceremonial centres in the.
