New Digital Map Reveals the Extensive Road Network of the Roman Empire
TL;DR
A new comprehensive map and digital dataset called Itiner-e reveals nearly 300,000 km of Roman roads, significantly expanding previous knowledge and offering insights into ancient transportation networks, their construction, and potential logistical implications within the Roman Empire.
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- The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study The Conversation
- Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire Nature
- Stunning map of ancient roads will give you a good reason to think about the Roman Empire more often CNN
- All the Roads That Led to Ancient Rome in One New Digital Map Scientific American
- Impressive new visualization tool is the ‘Google Maps’ for Ancient Rome, according to researchers New York Post
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