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Roman Roads Britain had no proper roads before the Romans, just muddy tracks and trails. Although the road system helped hold the Roman Empire together, it also made it easier for its enemies to invade. Many Roman roads were built so that soldiers could move quickly to places in the empire where they were needed. The Romans knew the quickest way to get from one place to another was in a straight line, hence why Romans built their roads in as straight lines possible. When they built a road across a boggy ground, Roman engineers put down bundles of sticks and sheepskins as foundations, to stop the road sinking. The Roman road system also increased trade because merchants and traders could move their goods more easily. The roads were built on foundations of clay, chalk and gravel with bigger flat stones on top. Roman roads bulged in the middle and had ditches either side, to help the rainwater drain off. Bits of Roman road can still be seen. Soldiers and carts used this cobbled road to travel between Manchester and Yorkshire. Blackstone Edge in Lancashire Roman roads had stepping stones across them for people to cross on when it was wet, spaced out so that cart wheels could still pass between them. The Romans also made milestones so soldiers knew exactly how far they had come/had left to travel. This milestone is from around AD120 used to stand beside a Roman road. It showed the distance to the nearest fort, Kanovium (the Roman for Caerhun in north Wales). Information sourced from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z2dr4wx http://history.parkfieldict.co.uk/romans/roman-villas