Transportation
The Romans are famous for the network of roads they built across Britain, which remained centuries after they departed. Over the course of the occupation the Romans built over 9600 kilometres of roads in Britain. Although, contrary to reputation, they weren't always straight, they were amazingly well built, and made troop movement and later the movement of commercial goods much easier. The imperial posting service, used by Roman officials, maintained inns and relays of horses at intervals of 30 to 50 kilometres along the roads.
The roads were literally highways, raised up on a cambered bank of material dug from roadside ditches. They were constructed in several layers, the final layer generally being gravel or flint, and reached from 4 to 8 metres wide.
The roads were literally highways, raised up on a cambered bank of material dug from roadside ditches. They were constructed in several layers, the final layer generally being gravel or flint, and reached from 4 to 8 metres wide.
In terms of local transport, rich people traveled by horse or on long journeys by covered wagon. Sometimes they were carried in litters (seats between two long poles).T ransport by water was also important to the Romans. They built large merchant ships called cortia, which could carry up to 1,000 tons of cargo.
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