Rome

is a center, to be sure, but the cliche that all roads lead to Rome is a very misleading cliche. Roman roads did not lead to Rome but away from it. The Romans were much more interested in where they were going than in where they had come from.

That all roads lead to Rome is a cliche, and very misleading, for just as there must be two sides to an argument, there must be two ends to a road, unless it is a c irc ular road. And the peculiar thing about Roman roads is that they were very stra ight, and led not to Rome, but away from it . The Romans were much more interested in where they were going than in where they had come from. A Prospect o( Cities Janis P. STOUT

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