The Roman Empire’s conquest of Dacia and Mesopotamia marked two major expansions—one in the rugged north, the other into the eastern frontiers. This video explores the strategies, emperors ...

Here are 40 maps that explain the Roman Empire — its rise and fall, its culture and economy, and how it laid the foundations of the modern world. 1) The rise and fall of Rome. Roke.

News of the map went viral, but it didn't actually prove that all roads lead to Rome. If the researchers had conducted the same exercise, but instead looked at the quickest way from those same ...

The parchment scroll, made in the Middle Ages, is the only surviving copy of a road map from the late Roman Empire. The document, which is almost seven metres long, shows the network of main Roman ...