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Roads

Roads. Roman Roads of Italy. The entire network. Road . Restored Roman Road. Appia Via. Appia Via. Advantages of Road building. Facilitated army movements Facilitated supplying the armies of the empire Encouraged trade along the routes Encouraged trade from distant lands

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Roads

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  1. Roads

  2. Roman Roads of Italy

  3. The entire network

  4. Road

  5. Restored Roman Road

  6. Appia Via

  7. Appia Via

  8. Advantages of Road building • Facilitated army movements • Facilitated supplying the armies of the empire • Encouraged trade along the routes • Encouraged trade from distant lands • Created a vigorous market, with a wide diversity of goods • Made communications more easy • Brought the peoples of the empire closer • Made travel and exchanges of all kinds much easier

  9. Via Egnatia

  10. Via Egnatia

  11. Egnatia

  12. Egnatia in modern Thessalonike

  13. Alcanara bridge over Tagus

  14. Cordoba

  15. Pons Fabricius, Rome (62 BC)

  16. Pons Fabricius: the oldest standing bridge in Rome

  17. Ponte Pietra, Verona (100 BC). Blown up in WW2 and rebuilt in 1957 with the original materials.

  18. Pons Aemilius (2nd c. BC). Mostly destroyed by a flood in the 16th c.

  19. Milvian Bridge, Rome

  20. The battle of the Milvian Bridge • One of the most significant battles in history in terms of long-term effects • On 28 October 312 Constantine defeated Maxentius by the Milvian bridge and established his control over the whole of the West. • During the battle energized Christian troops fighting on his side helped to gain victory • In 313 the Edict of Milan recognized religious tolerance in the empire and paved the way for Christianity to become the dominant religion.

  21. Arch of Constantine: Detail of Battle of the Milvian Bridge

  22. Giulio Romano: Battle of the Milvian Bridge

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