The Roman Empire was remarkably industrious when it came to infrastructure, constructing more than 55,000 miles of paved roads across Europe and North Africa. It’s challenging to visualize the vast ...

Have you ever wondered how much it would cost to travel from Londinium to Jerusalem in February during the heyday of the Roman Empire? Thanks to a project helmed by historian Walter Scheidel and ...

Ever wondered how long it would take to travel from Rome to Constantinople at the peak of the Roman Empire? Or from Luna to Larissa? Or Parma to Thessalonica? This map of the Roman World created at ...

A new map of the ancient Roman empire plots its major roads in a way that makes sense to modern city dwellers— a subway system. Basing the map off of 125 A.D, in the midst of Hadrian's reign, the map ...

A new online tool, made by a team of historians and information technology specialists at Stanford University, shows just how long and costly it was to send people and wheat between cities in the ...

The tactile map, an innovation of the 19 th century, allowed both blind and sighted students to feel their way across a given geography. Writing for the digital archive 19 th-Century Disability: ...

In 7 B.C., at a point along the Via Aurelia, the Romans erected a monument to the emperor Augustus. Clay McLachlan At first glance, it didn't appear that impressive: a worn limestone pillar, six feet ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Archaeologists are mapping the location of sling bullets on an ancient battlefield to learn more ...