There has never been a better time for lovers of Roman roads – those seeking, and seeking to understand, the indelible but elusive lines tattooed onto the face of Britain by the Roman occupiers long ...

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 ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By borrowing techniques from the Greeks and the Etruscans, Romans engineered ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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, ...

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 ...