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 ...

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 routes has nearly doubled the length of the confirmed ancient Roman ...

The Roman Empire was remarkably industrious when it came to infrastructure, constructing more than 55,000 miles of paved roads across Europe and North Africa. It’s challenging to visualize the vast ...

Ever wondered how long it would take to travel from Rome to Constantinople at the peak of the Roman Empire? Or from Luna to Larissa? Or Parma to Thessalonica? This map of the Roman World created at ...

The digital Itiner-e atlas is revolutionizing how we see the ancient world. In it, researchers have mapped the entirety of the Roman road network — making clear just how it influenced European ...

Have you ever wondered how much it would cost to travel from Londinium to Jerusalem in February during the heyday of the Roman Empire? Thanks to a project helmed by historian Walter Scheidel and ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — All roads may lead to Rome, but some are much smoother than others. A new interactive map of the Roman Empire that includes roads, rivers and hundreds of sea routes allows users to ...

A recently discovered map of the Roman Empire’s road network unveiled that it was not 190,000 kilometers (118,000 miles) long as we have come to believe. Instead, the road network was a whopping ...

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 ...