(MENAFN- Swissinfo) All roads lead to Rome, the saying goes – but where exactly were these thoroughfares? Scientists have compiled the first complete atlas of the Roman Empire's road network, mapping ...
For the first time ever, researchers have mapped the entirety of the vast Roman road network highlighting its immense influence on European relations and history ...
The main travel axes of the Roman Empire — such as here in Ephesus, Turkey — were the basis for its massive expansion of trade, intellectual exchange and military occupation across Europe, North ...
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At its height, the Roman empire covered some 50,00,000 sq km and was home to around 60 million people. This vast territory and huge population were held together via a network of long-distance roads ...
All roads lead to Rome.' The Roman Empire built roads throughout its vast territory, from Europe to North Africa and the Middle East. An international research team has released a new dataset, 'Itiner ...
An international research team has created by far the most extensive map of the road network in the Roman Empire, based on satellite images among other sources. The online map is called Itiner-e and ...
A new high resolution digital dataset and map — named Itiner-e — of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings ...
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, ...
Researchers have launched Itiner-e, an interactive digital map tracing 300,000 kilometers of ancient Roman roads. The project reveals a far more extensive Roman network than previously believed, ...
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One of the Roman Empire's biggest achievements was its infrastructure. Rome sponsored colossal projects, the Colosseum among them. It also built ports, amphitheaters and aqueducts. MARY LOUISE KELLY, ...