Transport and transport systems during the Roman Empire
Read Transport and transport systems during the Roman Empire, an IELTS Reading practice passage. At the height of the Roman Empire in the 2nd century AD, it was not uncommon for Romans to travel long distances by road across Europe and beyond. In fact, it was actually quite easy to travel, thanks t…
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At the height of the Roman Empire in the 2nd century AD, it was not uncommon for Romans to travel long distances by road across Europe and beyond. In fact, it was actually quite easy to travel, thanks to the empire's highly developed road and shipping networks. It has been calculated that Roman roads covered a total distance of over 400,000 kilometres, with more than 120,000 kilometres of this being of the type known as 'public roads' and a second system classified as 'military roads', both constructed by soldiers. The roads spread across the empire from Britain in the north to Morocco in the south, from Portugal in the west to Iraq in the east.