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Danish-led team maps 186,000 miles of Roman roads, tests how straight they really were, and finds Rome wasn't even the best-connected city by road

The Times of India 22 Sep 2026
Published in Nature Communications, the study ‘Network science reveals the structure and lasting impact of the Roman road system’ used network science to test long-held assumptions about Roman roads, ...
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Analysis busts myths of Roman road network — and offers insight into ancient world

CNN 19 Sep 2026
... examples of straight Roman roads such as the Appian Way in Rome — the Romans had to contend with terrain and technical limitations ... And not all “Roman roads” are actually Roman, according to Brughmans.
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Roman Road Analysis Finds the Empire Did Not Revolve Around Rome

Roman Empire Times 19 Sep 2026
A new analysis has tested familiar claims about Roman roads against a digital reconstruction covering 299,171 kilometres, or about 186,000 miles ... The study’s measurements support part of the reputation for straight Roman roads.
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Roman roads centered more on Istanbul than Rome: Study

Daily Sabah 16 Sep 2026
Augustus, ancient Rome's first emperor, placed a gilded monument ​called the Milliarium Aureum, or Golden Milestone, in the Roman Forum in 20 B.C. to mark the symbolic starting poi ....
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Roman roads weren't as straight as we thought! Study reveals how ancient highways were less ...

The Daily Mail 15 Sep 2026
The saying goes 'All roads lead to Rome' - but a new study suggests these paths weren't as uniformly straight as once thought ....
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Roman roads weren’t so straight after all

New Scientist 15 Sep 2026
Detailed data on the Roman Empire’s entire road network is offering fresh insight into how Romans built their infrastructure and how it influenced the future geography of Europe ... .
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Ancient Roman road uncovered in southern Türkiye

Hürriyet Daily News 14 Jul 2026
A section of a 2,000-year-old Roman road that ...
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