Roman feats of civil engineering were meant to awe their defeated subjects—and to facilitate the rapid deployment of the legions when such “soft power” failed. In Rome’s case, all roads ...

However, no sane Roman would use only roads where sea travel is available. Sailing was much cheaper and faster – a combination of horse and sailboat would get you from Rome to Byzantium in about ...

better known for another great pioneering structure of ancient Rome: the Appian Way, one of the first major Roman roads. Three more aqueducts were built in the third and second centuries B.C ...

Some of the roads we use today follow the same routes as old Roman roads. And they didn’t ... and queens and have become republics, just like Rome did hundreds of years before.

of land and sea Baseline roads cover 52,587 miles (84,631 km), in addition to 17,567 miles (28,272 km) of rivers and canals Map reveals how much it would have cost to travel on roads and seas ...

Rome is a city getting ready. Security cordons and a heavy police and army presence around the Vatican and the wider area ...