# Rome: Engineering History on Discovery or History Channel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome-engineering-history-on-discovery-or-history-channel/320351>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 6, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome-engineering-history-on-discovery-or-history-channel/320351 "2005-09-06T16:07:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![EnderWay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d26b3c/32.png) [@EnderWay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnderWay)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome-engineering-history-on-discovery-or-history-channel/320351/21 "2005-09-10T14:07:39Z")

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Great Show!

IIRC the show stated that the reson for the straigh roads was so that their  
armys could get to another city quickly, and crush a revolt!

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