jueves, 6 de marzo de 2008

The Romans were builders


The Romans were good builders, some of the things that they can still be seen today. The Romans built roads as a result of they big empire, Roman armies could move quickly troughout the empire on these roads.

First workers dug a ditch and filled it with stones. On top of this, they put stones that were cut to fit together closely.

Also romans built tall structures called aqueducts. this let for brought water into cities from places outside the cities, that water flowed in channels above tall arches. Romans built also huge arenas throughout their empire. Al the people went to these place to see fights between people and animals were popular. this large arena called the Colosseum, held 50000 people.

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