Map shows cities outstrip Rome
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Researchers published a detailed map of the Roman Empire’s 300,000‑kilometre road network, showing routes were not uniformly straight and many cities were better connected than Rome.
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The Biggest Map of Roman Roads Ever Made Still Isn't Big Enough
After mapping around 185,896 miles of Roman roads, a team of archaeologists has found that some of our most basic assumptions about them may be way off.
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September 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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