{"id":109928,"date":"2025-11-09T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/archaeologists-uncover-vast-roman-road-network-far-longer-than-they-ever-imagined-109928"},"modified":"2025-11-09T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T21:08:10","slug":"archaeologists-uncover-vast-roman-road-network-far-longer-than-they-ever-imagined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/archaeologists-uncover-vast-roman-road-network-far-longer-than-they-ever-imagined-109928","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologists uncover vast Roman road network \u2014 far longer than they ever imagined"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All roads may have once led to Rome \u2014 but those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The study, called Itiner-e, mapped nearly 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) of Roman roadways<\/a> across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, expanding the known network by over 100,000 kilometers, The Associated Press reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The last comprehensive atlas was released 25 years ago \u2014 but it relied on incomplete records and analogue mapping.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MASSIVE STONE RUINS FROM ANCIENT CITY THAT ONCE RIVALED ROME<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

New digital methods and satellite tools have transformed what people can see today of the ancient world,<\/a> said researchers.<\/p>\n

A team of archaeologists, across a span of five years, combed through historical records, ancient journals, locations of milestones and other archival data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scientists then looked for clues in satellite imagery and aerial photography, including recently digitized photos taken from planes during World War II,<\/a> AP reported.<\/p>\n

When ancient accounts hinted at lost roads in a certain area, researchers analyzed the terrain from above to spot subtle traces \u2014 such as faint differences in vegetation, soil variations<\/a> or shifts in elevation, as well as traces of ancient engineering like raised mounds or cut hillsides.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Those things revealed where Roman lanes once ran.<\/p>\n

“It becomes a massive game of connecting the dots on a continental scale,” Tom Brughmans, an archaeologist and co-author of the study published in Scientific Data, told AP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The atlas shows routes spanning from Spain to Syria, connecting more than 5,000 ancient settlements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Researchers previously tallied the extent of Roman roads at about 117,000 miles (188,000 km) \u2014 mostly the “highways of the Roman Empire,” said AP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new work identifies a vast network of secondary roads linking villas, farms and military outposts.<\/p>\n

RARE ANCIENT GOLD DISCOVERY MADE BY FLORIDA STUDENT AT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The study added a lot to archaeologists\u2019 knowledge of ancient roads in North Africa<\/a>, France\u2019s interior plains and the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece \u2014 regions that had been under-documented in prior maps.<\/p>\n

“This will be a very foundational work for a lot of other research,” Benjamin Ducke of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin, who was not involved in the project, told AP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One caveat, he said, is that it\u2019s still not clear if all the roads were open and active at the same time.<\/p>\n

The name Itiner-e is a nod to Ancient Roman itineraria, or travel registers, that once listed official road stations and distances between towns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier compilations attempted to visualize this world, but the new atlas combines historical documents with modern GIS analysis, LiDAR and crowdsourced archaeological data.<\/p>\n

TREASURES IN ITALY, INCLUDING 2,300-YEAR-OLD TOMB, UNEARTHED DURING SEWER INSTALLATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The release from Scientific Data<\/a> indicated that only 2% to 3% of mapped routes have “high certainty” \u2014 meaning that clear physical traces remain. The rest are probable or inferred, supported by multiple historical or environmental indicators, the study noted.<\/p>\n

The ability to visualize the ancient routes that Roman farmers, soldiers, diplomats and other travelers took can provide a better understanding of key historical trends that depended on the movement of people during Roman times, said Brughmans \u2014 including the rise of Christianity<\/a> across the region and the spread of ancient outbreaks.<\/p>\n

“The Romans left a huge impact with this road network,” which created the blueprint for many roads still in use today, said study co-author Adam Pa\u017eout of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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Experts say the atlas could reshape scholarship on imperial logistics, trade networks<\/a> and cultural diffusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Historians studying military supply routes, ancient pandemics or agricultural distribution can now use the open dataset to model how goods and ideas traveled.<\/p>\n

The data and an interactive map are free and available for scholars, educators and the public at itiner-e.org<\/a>, where users can explore routes, milestones and ancient settlements in detail, AP reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Findings connected to Ancient Rome continue to provide compelling insights not just for scientists and academics, but for interested travelers and the public at large.<\/p>\n

Recently, archaeologists found a massive stone basin in Italy<\/u><\/a> dating back more than 2,000 years \u2014 remnants of a once-powerful rival of Rome.<\/p>\n

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The discovery was found in the ancient ruins of Gabii, about 11 miles east of Rome. University of Missouri archaeologists uncovered the remains, according to a university press release. Experts estimated the basin was built around 250 B.C.<\/p>\n

Andrea Margolis of Fox News Digital, as well as The Associated Press, contributed reporting.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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