Via
Roman roads varied from simple corduroy roads to paved roads using deep roadbeds of tamped rubble as an underlying layer to ensure that they kept dry if any water seeped through the cracks. There were three different types of roads:
Viae publicae, consulares, praetorie, and militares
Viae privatae, ruticae, glareae, and agrariae
Viae vicinales
Via
- include public high or main roads - constructed and maintained at the public expense - lead to sea, town, public river, or to another public road - they are placed under curators (commissioners) - repaired by redemptores (contractors) at the public expense, but neighboring landowners contributed - they were named after their constructors
-included private or country roads -were paid for by owners - owners had the power to make their roads public - they sometimes were connected to main or secondary roads - could be paved or left unpaved with a gravel surface
-comprised of roads at or in villiages, districts, or crossroads leading to or through villages - they either ran into high roads or other viae vicinales - they were considered public or private according to if they were built with public or private funds - they became public roads when the memory of the privates constructors perished - they often reached to other roa