New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...

"All roads lead to Rome!" Roads were the lifeline of the Roman Empire, stretching from Britannia to North Africa-- people ...

The digital tool, called Itiner-e, allows people to virtually see a map of how the ancient Roman roads were once traveled in ...

Researchers built the most complete Roman road map ever made, charting nearly 186,000 miles across Europe, North Africa, and ...

At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...

By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research team covered more ground than ...