#roman-roads

#roman-roads

A high-resolution 'Google Maps' for Roman roads includes nearly 300,000 kilometres of viae Romanae. It brings together fragmented data sets to show the full glory of the network that connected the empire around AD 150, when it was at its biggest. But "although the roads are one of the best-known aspects of Roman history, it's surprising how many details about them we still don't know," says historian Catherine Fletcher.

The analysis reveals that almost a third of highlighted routes on the Gough Map date back to the medieval period, illustrating continuity from Roman infrastructure.