Monty Python famously asked what the Romans ever did for us, but as a new map shows, they constructed a vast network of roads that revolutionized the world. Called Itiner-e, the incredible map ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

Researchers have launched Itiner-e, an interactive digital map tracing 300,000 kilometers of ancient Roman roads. The project reveals a far more extensive Roman network than previously believed, ...

At the height of its power in the second century A.D., the Roman Empire was the largest the world had ever known. More than 55 million people lived within its borders, stretching from modern-day ...

It’s long been known that a Roman villa was hidden alongside the banks of the River Yonne, in Auxerre, central France, but its scale and grandeur are only now coming into view. The site even had a ...

Volunteer archaeologists are set to return to the remains of a Roman settlement after making the most significant discovery of their 15-year project. Ancient items such as roof tiles, pottery and ...