Rice, Noodles, and Other Grain Foods. We have a pretty good idea when Chinese pasta was invented. It was around 300 BCE. We have it on authority of Shu Hsi, an official editor of ancient texts and one of the most learned men of China. A pasta enthusiast, in about 300 CE, he composed a poem titled: A Rhapsody on Pasta.
Origins: The idiom, âall roads lead to Rome,â was being used as early as the 1100s. It was based off of the ancient Roman road system where roads radiated from the capital of Rome. The road system resembled spokes of a wheel as the picture above shows around the circle. Ammer, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms.
Best Answer: Roman Roads. Laid out end to end, Roman roads would have stretched more than twice around the world's equator. Roman road builders used an ingenious surveying tool to plot direct routes over hundreds of miles. Reliably constructed from four separate layers, many have lasted over 2,000 years. Military might is the Roman Empire's most distinguishing characteristic. However, the civilization's most enduring legacy is definitely its roads. Many of them, and even their bridges, are still in use today!