Some of the roads where i live are over 2000 years old. Was it because society used vehicles to build their civilisation and to move goods and provide services

Some of the roads where i live are over 2000 years old. Was it because society used vehicles to build their civilisation and to move goods and provide services at lower latency? If scooter users stayed on roads i wouldn't have a problem. But the technology lends itself to abuse by people with no knowledge of safe road use.