Researchers map 3 lakh km of ancient Roman roads in new digital dataset

At its height, the Roman empire covered some 50,00,000 sq km and was home to around 60 million people. This vast territory and huge population were held together via a network of long-distance roads connecting places hundreds and even thousands of kilometres apart. These archaeological remnants, as well as written records, can help build a picture of what the road network looked like thousands of years ago. A new, comprehensive map and digital dataset published by a team of researchers shows almost 300,000 km of roads spanning an area of close to 40,00,000 sq km. This represents a substantial 59 per cent increase over the previous mapping of 188,555 km of Roman roads.

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