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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Roman forts in Wales, Roman roads in Britannia, Roman towns in Wales, Roman villas in Wales, Stanegate, Peddars Way, Watling Street, Roman roads in Britain, Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Stane Street, London to Brighton Way, Dere Street, King Street, Icknield Way, Fosse Way, Devil's Causeway, Icknield Street, London to Lewes Way, Banc Ty'nddol sun-disc, Isca Augusta, Chichester to Silchester Way, Ermine Street, Venta Silurum, Mareham Lane, Caernarfon Mithraeum, Sussex Greensand Way, Pen Dinas, Staines Bridge, Cade's Road, Tomen y Mur, Gobannium, Segontium, Via Devana, Cardiff Roman Fort, Sarn Helen, Y Garn Goch, Akeman Street, Military Way, Luentinum, Y Gaer, Brecon, Canovium, Caer Llugwy, Moridunum, Caersws Roman Forts, Pen Llystyn, Ackling Dyke, Penydarren, Burrium, Romano-British road names, Caer Gybi, Roman Ridge, Fen Causeway, Cowbridge, Wade's Causeway, Roman road from London to Bath, Greater Ridgeway, Llantwit Major Roman Villa, Leucarum, Stone Street, Ermin Street, Camlet Way, Alabum, Blestium, Portway, Pye Road, Nidum. Excerpt: Roman roads, together with Roman aqueducts and the vast standing Roman army (in the 2nd century, ca. 30 legions plus around 400 auxiliary units, totalling ca. 400,000 troops, of which ca. 50,000 deployed in Britain), constituted the three most impressive features of the Roman Empire. In Britain, as in other provinces, the Romans constructed a comprehensive network of paved trunk roads (i.e. surfaced highways) during their nearly four centuries of occupation (43 - 410 AD). This article focuses on the ca. 2,000 mi (3,200 km) of Roman roads in Britain shown on the Ordnance Survey's Map of Roman Britain. This contains the most accurate and up-to-date layout of certain and probable routes that is readily available to the general public. The pre-Roman Britons used mostly unpaved trackways for the...
