For two thousand years, Rome’s roads have carried almost as much legend as traffic. They were straight, we are told. They ...
Rome was the Roman Empire's capital, but other cities in the empire were better connected by road.
A recent study of the Roman road system has disproved two common views about the infrastructure of ancient Rome: that all ...
Modern concrete can become vulnerable when cracks allow water and chemicals to seep into its interior. Ancient Roman concrete, by contrast, appears to have contained a reserve of reactive, ...
Current science events include a study on Roman Empire's road network, the first evidence of Diplodocus in Europe, theories ...
Ancient DNA suggests Rome’s fall reshaped Europe through gradual migration and intermarriage, not a sudden barbarian takeover ...
New study finds Corinth and Thessalonica were major Roman road hubs, more central to ancient trade routes than Rome itself.
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