A new open digital data set and map of the Roman Empire shows that it contained some 300,000 kilometres of road. It’s no secret that the Romans liked to build roads. But European researchers say ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It turns out that not all roads lead to Rome, after all – at least, not in a literal sense. A new map of the empire's ancient land ...
How often do you think about the Roman Empire? For a team of international researchers who went all in and mapped the ancient Roman road system, the answer — truly — is every day. And now, anyone can ...
Ancient Roman map puzzle may get new pieces Several pieces of the world's oldest and largest unsolved jigsaw puzzle, a 2,200-year-old map of Rome made of thousands of marble fragments, could be ...
Although it resembles nothing like the clear outline of a modern map of the region, the Peutinger Table is a snapshot of how Romans viewed their world, one in which they were at the center. Their zone ...
An international team of researchers publishes the first high-resolution digital atlas of Roman roads, doubling the known length and exposing the vast gaps in our knowledge. This new dataset, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recently discovered milestone along a mountain road in the Rough Cilicia area of Turkey is seen in an image provided by Itiner-e ...