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The Transylvanian geographic landscape has been analyzed through the multitude of natural and anthropogenic variables, which define its functionality. The relation substratum-environment hydro - atmospheric - anthropogenic or biologic community claimed a specific investigation methodology with an interdisciplinary aspect. The geomorphologic investigation methodology assured the contemporaneous morphodynamic perception of the Transylvanian geomorphologic landscape. The reconstruction of their functionality in historic time represented a great challenge for the geomorphologist who had to use specific archaeological investigation methods to find and to motivate the existence of an geomorphologic process or the existence of an geographic event. This investigation is realized through the type of anthropogenic impact or through the use of the territory during the analyzed historical time. The placement of the Roman camps in Dacia Porolissensis, located at the Northern limit of the Roman Empire proves the strategic quality of the areas with gorges, canyons, or the panoramic view from the depression passages. The association of the defensive role of the Porolissum castrum with the morphology of the area, respectively the presence of the "Moigrad Magura", panoramic view that assured visibility over "Meses gate" towards Pannonia but also towards "the salt road" respectively "The Somes Valley" is not accidental. The presence of Dacian castra from Tihau or Rogna also motivates the strategically importance of the food transfer towards the Roman legions settled at Porolissum or Potaissa. The Roman roads served for the military strategy of the empire during its full development, respectively for provisioning the Roman legions camped in Dacia Porolissensis, but also for affording fast connections with other legions. Roman roads represent an argument for the articulation of Transylvanian landscapes, but their functionality should not be substituted nowadays, so it is on us to build a scientific movement that to motivate the necessity of their preserving today. The reconstruction of the Transylvanian paleo-landscapes through the impact of the infrastructure of the Roman roads on the development of these areas and the determination of the landscape functions represented some of the major arguments that interfered in the carrying out of the "Transylvania" highway project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]