| A | B |
|---|
| plaustrum | 2-wheeled vehicle to carry heavy loads |
| raeda | 4-wheeled traveling carriages |
| cisium | light 2-wheeled carriage, self driven, often rented |
| litter | 6-8 even paced bearers, luxurious, room to sleep, write, or play dice |
| carpentum | 2-wheeled covered vehicles |
| how did gov't messengers travel | used horses, rotating them similar to Pony Express |
| describe a Roman inn | dirty, loud, beds full of insects |
| describe a Roman innkeeper | rogues |
| usual type of guest in an inn | vulgar, low-lifes |
| Roman roads covered - miles | 56,000 |
| by whom Roman roads built | army |
| most famous road, built when | Via Appia 312 B.C. |
| all roads began | at the gates of Rome |
| bottom layer of road/describe | statumen, broken stone, sand |
| next to bottom layer of road/describe | rudus, lime concrete w/ broken stone |
| next to top layer of road/describe | nucleus - concrete made of gravel or coarse sand mixed w/ lime |
| top layer of road/describe | pavimentum - smooth, not allow water in, stone and concrete |
| fossae | ditches that extended 7 to 10 feet on sides of road |
| markers to measure road | milestones |
