Omnes viae Romam ducunt.
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All roads lead to ROME.
the roman empire, with rome as it's capital. Rome was the center of the world those days. In addition, there was a literal meaning to the expression. All the roads in the empire had their distances measured from the "umbilicus Urbis Romanae" or the navel of the city of Rome, which was located in the Forum Romanum.
It means exactly what it says. In ancient times, if you kept going long enough, you would eventually end up in Rome. All the road markers and distances were measured from the center or Rome. In modern times is can be an expression stating that several methods will obtain the same results.
The dome, arch, paved roads, the arena, government, laws, cement, are all out of ancient Rome.
One of the things often mentioned is the construction of high quality roads all across the Empire.