the roman empire

• roman roads were made from concrete, they had drainage ditches on either side to stop them flooding.
• the romans were very good at engineering
• the bodies of animals and people in pompeii were covered by volcanic ash which solidified into rocks .
• sophisticated aqueducts the layout of their extensive road suggests that romans were good engineers
• after Augustus the weak emperors COULD EASILY BE THROWN OVER.
• THE DECLINE OF ROMAN EMPIRE HAPPENED BECAUSE RULERS WERENT AS WISE AS STRONG AS AUGUSTUS . THE NEXT RULERS DECISION WAS IN THE HANDS OF THE ARMY WHICH IS WHY MANY OCCURED COOPS AND BARBARIANS SETTELD ON THE THE NORTHERN BORDER .