Scientists Studied 185,896 Miles of Roman Roads—and That’s Still the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
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- Phys.org Science·9h agoNot all roads lead to Rome: Research challenges what we think we know about Roman roads
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark, Queen Mary University of London and other European institutions analyzed a data set representing almost 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) of Roman roads across the former empire, creating the most…
Read at Phys.org Science → - Gizmodo AU·13h agoScientists Studied 185,896 Miles of Roman Roads—and That’s Still the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
After developing the biggest-ever map 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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