Editing Roman roads (section)

===''Viae privatae, rusticae, glareae'' and ''agrariae''===
The second category included private or country roads, originally constructed by private individuals, in whom their soil was vested and who had the power to dedicate them to the public use.<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/> Such roads benefited from a [[right of way]] in favor either of the public or of the owner of a particular estate. Under the heading of ''viae privatae'' were also included roads leading from the public or high roads to particular estates or settlements; Ulpian considers these to be public roads.<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/>

Features off the ''via'' were connected to the ''via'' by ''viae rusticae'', or secondary roads.<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/> Both main or secondary roads might either be paved or left unpaved with a gravel surface, as they were in North Africa. These prepared but unpaved roads were ''viae glareae'' or ''sternendae'' ("to be strewn"). Beyond the secondary roads were the ''viae terrenae'', "dirt roads".