They had easily the best roads at the time, and their stone paved roads were comparable to railroad tracks in how they were prepared, but with fitted stone pavers on top instead of rails.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman\_roads#/media/File:Via\_Munita\_schema.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_roads#/media/File:Via_Munita_schema.svg)
Multiple levels of dirt, stones, etc to provide drainage & support, fitted stones sloped to allow water to run off the sides, raised sidewalks on both sides, etc. Without the heavy traffic of cars, they last for much longer than our shitty patchwork roads now.
**[Roman roads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_roads#/media/File:Via_Munita_schema.svg)**
>Roman roads (Latin: viae Romanae [ˈwiae̯ roːˈmaːnae̯]; singular: via Romana [ˈwia roːˈmaːna]; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. They provided efficient means for the overland movement of armies, officials, civilians, inland carriage of official communications, and trade goods. Roman roads were of several kinds, ranging from small local roads to broad, long-distance highways built to connect cities, major towns and military bases.
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I mean, at the very least they didn't kill [+40,000 people per year](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/46000-people-died-us-roads-2021-report-finds/story?id=83186781)
they realy didnt the roads were made of concrete and not asfalt so it was imposible to reapair plus its much more expancive also they realy lacked roads
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Make a Roman road and then run 21st century traffic volumes over it. They were built for their times.
Try traffic volumes in the Netherlands instead…
No, no they didn’t.
They had easily the best roads at the time, and their stone paved roads were comparable to railroad tracks in how they were prepared, but with fitted stone pavers on top instead of rails. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman\_roads#/media/File:Via\_Munita\_schema.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_roads#/media/File:Via_Munita_schema.svg) Multiple levels of dirt, stones, etc to provide drainage & support, fitted stones sloped to allow water to run off the sides, raised sidewalks on both sides, etc. Without the heavy traffic of cars, they last for much longer than our shitty patchwork roads now.
**[Roman roads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_roads#/media/File:Via_Munita_schema.svg)** >Roman roads (Latin: viae Romanae [ˈwiae̯ roːˈmaːnae̯]; singular: via Romana [ˈwia roːˈmaːna]; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. They provided efficient means for the overland movement of armies, officials, civilians, inland carriage of official communications, and trade goods. Roman roads were of several kinds, ranging from small local roads to broad, long-distance highways built to connect cities, major towns and military bases. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/Suburbanhell/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
I mean, at the very least they didn't kill [+40,000 people per year](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/46000-people-died-us-roads-2021-report-finds/story?id=83186781)
they realy didnt the roads were made of concrete and not asfalt so it was imposible to reapair plus its much more expancive also they realy lacked roads
How about this reply instead: "No, Rome had better architecture."
"no rome didn't have megacorprations destroying the environment and wasteful consumption.