In the 16th century, Mughal emperors extended and paved much of the route, a job that was continued and completed by British colonizers in the 17th century. The Via Appia (a.k.a. the Appian Way) is ...

They built sewage systems and paved, straight roads that stretched right across the country to connect up all their new Roman towns. Before long, they’d built so much that Britain didn’t look ...