A new map of the Roman Empire's ancient land routes has nearly doubled the length of the confirmed road network, from 190,000 ...
The richest Roman burial ever discovered came to light in 1544, when workmen opened a granite sarcophagus under the floor of St. Peter’s Basilica. The sarcophagus contained the bones of Maria, wife of ...
The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of ...
Meet Itiner-e, a new high-resolution digital dataset and map of the Roman Empire’s roads around 150 CE. A team of researchers ...
By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research team covered more ground than ...
Researchers built the most complete Roman road map ever made, charting nearly 186,000 miles across Europe, North Africa, and ...
A new comprehensive map reveals the true scale of the ancient Roman road network – but it is still incomplete.
At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...
The intaglio was likely set in a signet ring and used to stamp correspondence at Bremenium, a military outpost located ...
Researchers say their analysis of studs from disintegrated shoes is helping them understand ancient Roman fashion trends and ...