Did Even Ancient Rome Suffer from Traffic Jams?

Everywhere you go, you face traffic. People couldn’t help but wonder if this was a problem in ancient times too.
Garima Bahl
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The centre of the city of Rome. 
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The centre of the city of Rome. 
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The lack of time machines is a shame, but we have the imagination to make up for it.

A random question on Reddit got people thinking. The question was one that is often asked and pondered upon but the Reddit version had a little twist.

Did Ancient roads have “traffic jams”?

A survey in India revealed that 1 out of 4 workers spends over 90 minutes a day commuting. The average commute is 29 minutes but 12% spend more than double that to get to work everyday.

Traffic in Ancient Rome, Really?

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People's opinion on Rome and its traffic condition kept changing throughout this debate but what remained constant was the traffic out on the road. From ancient to modern Rome, that is the only constant.

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