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How inflation caused the collapse of the Roman Empire

The fall of the Roman Empire remains one of the most intriguing and widely studied events in human history. While traditional ...
Ancient Origins

Fantastic New Digital Map Adds 100,000 km to Roman Road Network

At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...
Greek Reporter

Archaeologists Find Three Roman Skeletons Under Parking Lot in England

Archaeologists in England uncovered three Roman skeletons under a parking lot in Chelmsford, revealing clues about the city's ...
Nature

‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network

A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire. Combining ...
Scientific American

A New Map Just Added 60,000 Miles to Ancient Rome’s Roadways

New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...

The 50 greatest relics of the Roman Empire, ranked and rated

What – to dip briefly into the world of Monty Python’s Life Of Brian – did the Romans ever do for us? Apart, of course, from ...