Editing Roman roads (section)

===Official bodies===
The official bodies which first succeeded the censors in the care of the streets and roads were:<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/>
# ''Quattuorviri viis in urbe purgandis'', with jurisdiction inside the walls of Rome;
# ''Duoviri viis extra urbem purgandis'', with jurisdiction outside the walls.
Both these bodies were probably of ancient origin.<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/> The first mention of either body occurs in the ''Lex Julia Municipalis'' in 45 BC. The quattuorviri were afterwards called ''quattuorviri viarum curandarum''. The extent of jurisdiction of the [[Duumviri|duoviri]] is derived from their full title as ''duoviri viis extra propiusve urbem Romam passus mille purgandis''.<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/><ref>Subordinate officers under the aediles, whose duty it was to look after those streets of Rome which were outside the city walls.</ref> Their authority extended over all roads between their respective gates of issue in the city wall and the first milestone beyond.<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/>

In case of an emergency in the condition of a particular road, men of influence and liberality were appointed, or voluntarily acted, as ''curatores'' or temporary commissioners to superintend the work of repair.<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/> The dignity attached to such a curatorship is attested by a passage of [[Cicero]]. Among those who performed this duty in connection with particular roads was [[Julius Caesar]], who became ''curator'' (67 BC) of the Via Appia and spent his own money liberally upon it. Certain persons appear also to have acted alone and taken responsibility for certain roads.

In the country districts, the [[magistri pagorum]] had authority to maintain the ''viae vicinales''.<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/> In Rome each householder was legally responsible for the repairs to that portion of the street which passed his own house;<ref name="SmithDictionaryAntiquities"/> it was the duty of the aediles to enforce this responsibility. The portion of any street which passed a temple or public building was repaired by the aediles at the public expense. When a street passed between a public building or temple and a private house, the public treasury and the private owner shared the expense equally.