A version of this essay first appeared in The Swell, Salon's culture newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, for more culture that's made to last. Two years ago, a viral trend tore ...

Researchers created a digital dataset to map roads that would throughout the Roman Empire around 150 C.E. By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research ...

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 increase ...

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 ...

They say all roads lead to Rome—but exactly how many Roman roads were there? According to new research, potentially over 68,000 miles (over 110,000 kilometers) more than previously known. Meet ...

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great Britain to North Africa and has added more than 60,000 miles of roads that ...

STRAY KIDS leader and solo artist Bang Chan has made his mark as a creative ambassador, writing and producing an original single, “Roman Empire,” exclusively for the luxury fashion house Fendi. The ...

While Spain, Britain, and France carved up the world, the Holy Roman Empire stayed home. Was it disinterest, disunity, or something deeper that kept it landlocked Judge rules Tampa’s Walton Academy ...

The Roman empire was one of the most powerful civilizations to ever exist. Here’s one of the foods that gave them their edge. When we think of superfoods today, our minds often go to kale, quinoa or ...

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