Much of the “art and architecture” of ancient Rome could be found in its infrastructure. Much of the “art and architecture” of ancient Rome could be found in its infrastructure and engineering. It was ...

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 ...

A stretch of one of the most significant roads in Roman-era Britain has been unearthed underneath the asphalt of the Old Kent Road in southeast London. The ancient road, known as Watling Street, was ...

The digital Itiner-e atlas is revolutionizing how we see the ancient world. In it, researchers have mapped the entirety of the Roman road network — making clear just how it influenced European ...

It turns out that not all roads lead to Rome, after all – at least, not in a literal sense. A new map of the empire's ancient land routes has nearly doubled the length of the confirmed ancient Roman ...

At the height of its power in the second century A.D., the Roman Empire was the largest the world had ever known. More than 55 million people lived within its borders, stretching from modern-day ...