Ancient Greek public works By Max RamsdEn
Ancient Greek roads
In the cities and between the towns and cities there were roads, but they were only made out of dirt and were hard in the the summer and muddy in the winter. Transport within the cities was by foot and everyone walked.
Some roads out of the cities were cut with ruts so that the wheels of carts could roll within them. The ruts were of standard size, so only carts with a specific size of wheels were able to travel on the roads. Roads were very expensive so they were rarely built and only on the most traveled routes. When a large amount of goods was needed to be transported, water transportation was used instead.
Ancient Greek stoa⬇️
They are covered walk ways with columns at regular intervals and there was plenty of room. The walk way was connected to a long building containing offices and shops. Under the walk way taking up most of the building there was lots of room to meet under shade or out of the rain as well as shops. The stoa developed to have a second story of sheltered walkway. These provided perfect places for conducting meeting because you could walk and talk under shelter. Merchants could sell their goods, artists could display their artwork, and religious gatherings could take place. Stoas usually surrounded the marketplaces or agora of large cities.
Ancient Greek gymnasiums
The gymnasium in Ancient Greece functioned as a training facility for competitors in public games. The athletes competed naked, which was said to have been a tribute to the gods
They competed in wrestling and women weren't allowed to compete. It was sometimes situated near the agora (marketplace).
Bibliography
Oxford big ideas history level 5 (book)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnasium_(ancient_Greece)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoa
http://historylink101.com/2/greece3/travel-land.htm