Roman roads didn’t all lead to Rome, study finds other cities were better connected

A new study of nearly 300,000 kilometers of Roman roads shows how geography and major cities shaped movement across the empire. The findings challenge the old idea that Roman roads formed a simple system leading toward Rome...

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