Roman Roads Worksheet Cetera
Latin I   each question 5 pts each = 50 pts.

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  1. What are three of the five reasons for the Romans constructing their road systems?

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  2. Give the layers of the Roman road, starting with the bottom and moving to the top.

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  3. What produced the ruts in the roads in Pompeii?

  4. The Groma was used in what capacity?

  5. The Chorobates is used for what?

  6. What does the Hodometer measure?

  7. How did the Romans deal with rain on the roads?

  8. A typical road was how many feet wide?

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  9. On the Via Appia, who ordered the cut in the mountain side?

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  10. True/False: Roman roads no longer exist.

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