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Decumanus Maximus
Ostia Scavi
Ostia Antica
Lazio
Italy

Famous and much photographed classic Roman road.

The top course of a Roman road, according to Viruvius, was the summum dorsum, polygonal blocks of stone that were six inches or more thick and carefully fitted atop still moist concrete-like material. A road was nine to twelve feet wide which allowed two chariots to pass in each direction. Sometimes the road was edged with a high stone walkway. and milemarkers indicated the distance.


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