Roadways in the Ancient World
The Romans laid out over 250,000 miles of roads, 10,000 miles of which were here in Britain.
Steve will cover what we know about the network, how the routes were laid out and constructed, how to find lost Roman roads. And an ingenious experiment involving fungus (yes - fungus) and to emphasise the importance of good roads we’ll look, just for fun, at the salesman’s biggest problem.
