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Scientists burn their own scrolls to help read 2,000-year-old Herculaneum papyri
X-ray scans and artificial intelligence could help researchers read more Herculaneum scrolls without opening them. Tiny amounts of lead in ancient ink create a strong X-ray signal. The Herculaneum papyri were buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/scientists-burn-their-scrolls-to-read-herculaneum-papyri/
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Watch: Metal Detectorist Finds 934 Roman Silver Coins Near Cologne
A reported 934 denarii recovered near Wesseling form an unusually large hoard from Hadrian’s era. Archaeologists have not identified who buried them or why.
https://romanempiretimes.com/watch-metal-detectorist-finds-934-roman-silver-coins-near-cologne/
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Watch: Metal Detectorist Finds 934 Roman Silver Coins Near Cologne
https://romanempiretimes.com/watch-metal-detectorist-finds-934-roman-silver-coins-near-cologne/
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Watch: Metal Detectorist Finds 934 Roman Silver Coins Near Cologne
https://romanempiretimes.com/watch-metal-detectorist-finds-934-roman-silver-coins-near-cologne/
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Watch: Metal Detectorist Finds 934 Roman Silver Coins Near Cologne
A reported 934 denarii recovered near Wesseling form an unusually large hoard from Hadrian’s era. Archaeologists have not identified who buried them or why.
https://romanempiretimes.com/watch-metal-detectorist-finds-934-roman-silver-coins-near-cologne/
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Watch: Metal Detectorist Finds 934 Roman Silver Coins Near Cologne
https://romanempiretimes.com/watch-metal-detectorist-finds-934-roman-silver-coins-near-cologne/
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Watch: Metal Detectorist Finds 934 Roman Silver Coins Near Cologne
A reported 934 denarii recovered near Wesseling form an unusually large hoard from Hadrian’s era. Archaeologists have not identified who buried them or why.
https://romanempiretimes.com/watch-metal-detectorist-finds-934-roman-silver-coins-near-cologne/
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‘There was something bigger in the ground here’: Metal detectorist in Germany discovers giant Roman-era hoard from time of emperor Hadrian
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#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #archaeologicalmonuments #EmperorHadrian #metaldetectorist #OliverRiedl #Rhineland #Romanemperor #RomanEmpire #RomanRepublic #Romansilvercoins
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
A kitchen from the age of Augustus and Tiberius preserves imported Roman cookware beside pottery rooted in local Turmogi traditions.
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
A kitchen from the age of Augustus and Tiberius preserves imported Roman cookware beside pottery rooted in local Turmogi traditions.
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
A kitchen from the age of Augustus and Tiberius preserves imported Roman cookware beside pottery rooted in local Turmogi traditions.
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
A kitchen from the age of Augustus and Tiberius preserves imported Roman cookware beside pottery rooted in local Turmogi traditions.
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Found in Spain’s Ancient Segisamo
A kitchen from the age of Augustus and Tiberius preserves imported Roman cookware beside pottery rooted in local Turmogi traditions.
https://romanempiretimes.com/roman-kitchen-segisamo-sasamon-spain/
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Roman roads didn’t all lead to Rome, study finds other cities were better connected
A new study of nearly 300,000 kilometers of Roman roads shows how geography and major cities shaped movement across the empire. The findings challenge the old idea that Roman roads formed a simple system leading toward Rome...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-roads-didnt-all-lead-to-rome/
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Roman roads didn’t all lead to Rome, study finds other cities were better connected
A new study of nearly 300,000 kilometers of Roman roads shows how geography and major cities shaped movement across the empire. The findings challenge the old idea that Roman roads formed a simple system leading toward Rome...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-roads-didnt-all-lead-to-rome/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #ancientrome
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Roman roads didn’t all lead to Rome, study finds other cities were better connected
A new study of nearly 300,000 kilometers of Roman roads shows how geography and major cities shaped movement across the empire. The findings challenge the old idea that Roman roads formed a simple system leading toward Rome...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-roads-didnt-all-lead-to-rome/
Follow @archaeology
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #ancientrome
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Roman roads didn’t all lead to Rome, study finds other cities were better connected
A new study of nearly 300,000 kilometers of Roman roads shows how geography and major cities shaped movement across the empire. The findings challenge the old idea that Roman roads formed a simple system leading toward Rome...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-roads-didnt-all-lead-to-rome/
Follow @archaeology
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #ancientrome
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Roman roads didn’t all lead to Rome, study finds other cities were better connected
A new study of nearly 300,000 kilometers of Roman roads shows how geography and major cities shaped movement across the empire. The findings challenge the old idea that Roman roads formed a simple system leading toward Rome...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-roads-didnt-all-lead-to-rome/
Follow @archaeology
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #ancientrome
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“All roads lead to Rome”: Data analysis of Roman roads debunks the proverb.
2000 years ago, the Romans built the world’s first road network that spanned an entire continent.
But, not all roads in the Roman Empire led to Rome, and they were less straight than modern roads.
This is now illuminated by a data-based study of the most comprehensive map of the road network in the Roman Empire.
#RomanEmpire #Rome #Roads #History #AarhusUniversity #Science #ItinerE
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“All roads lead to Rome”: Data analysis of Roman roads debunks the proverb.
2000 years ago, the Romans built the world’s first road network that spanned an entire continent.
But, not all roads in the Roman Empire led to Rome, and they were less straight than modern roads.
This is now illuminated by a data-based study of the most comprehensive map of the road network in the Roman Empire.
#RomanEmpire #Rome #Roads #History #AarhusUniversity #Science #ItinerE
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“All roads lead to Rome”: Data analysis of Roman roads debunks the proverb.
2000 years ago, the Romans built the world’s first road network that spanned an entire continent.
But, not all roads in the Roman Empire led to Rome, and they were less straight than modern roads.
This is now illuminated by a data-based study of the most comprehensive map of the road network in the Roman Empire.
#RomanEmpire #Rome #Roads #History #AarhusUniversity #Science #ItinerE
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Ancient Rome Built 190,000 Miles Of Roads And Researchers Just Traced Them All
It’s no easy feat to build a roadway let alone a highway system — especially one that stretches…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Rome #highwaysystem #RomanEmpire #straightroad #straightroads #TomBrughmans #WesternRomanEmpire
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Rome Opens the Painted City and Great Mosaic Beneath Trajan’s Baths
Restored first-century wall art beneath the Baths of Trajan is now open in controlled visits, alongside new excavation results from Colle Oppio.
https://romanempiretimes.com/painted-city-great-mosaic-trajan-baths/
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Rome Opens the Painted City and Great Mosaic Beneath Trajan’s Baths
Restored first-century wall art beneath the Baths of Trajan is now open in controlled visits, alongside new excavation results from Colle Oppio.
https://romanempiretimes.com/painted-city-great-mosaic-trajan-baths/
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Rome Opens the Painted City and Great Mosaic Beneath Trajan’s Baths
Restored first-century wall art beneath the Baths of Trajan is now open in controlled visits, alongside new excavation results from Colle Oppio.
https://romanempiretimes.com/painted-city-great-mosaic-trajan-baths/
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Rome Opens the Painted City and Great Mosaic Beneath Trajan’s Baths
Restored first-century wall art beneath the Baths of Trajan is now open in controlled visits, alongside new excavation results from Colle Oppio.
https://romanempiretimes.com/painted-city-great-mosaic-trajan-baths/
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Rome Opens the Painted City and Great Mosaic Beneath Trajan’s Baths
Restored first-century wall art beneath the Baths of Trajan is now open in controlled visits, alongside new excavation results from Colle Oppio.
https://romanempiretimes.com/painted-city-great-mosaic-trajan-baths/
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All Roads Lead to… Istanbul?
The old line about all roads leading to Rome? Not so much, a new study finds. Researchers…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Istanbul #archaeology #roads #RomanEmpire #Rome
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The Reality of Dreams
Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their […]https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/
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The Reality of Dreams
Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their […]https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/
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The Reality of Dreams
Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their […]https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/
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The Reality of Dreams
Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their […]https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/
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The Reality of Dreams
Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their […]https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Rex Sacrorum
In ancient Roman religion, the rex sacrorum (“king of the sacred things,” sometimes called rex sacrificulus) was a senatorial priesthood reserved for patricians. The rex sacrorum was based in the Regia.
During the Roman Republic, the rex sacrorum was chosen by the pontifex maximus (the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome) from a list of patricians (patricians were originally a group of ruling-class families in ancient Rome) submitted by the College of Pontiffs.
A further requirement was that he be born to parents married through the ritual of confarreatio. This was also the form of marriage he himself had to enter. His wife (the regina sacrorum) also performed religious duties specific to her role. Marriage was such a fundamental part of the priesthood that if the regina died, the rex had to resign. The rex sacrorum was above the pontifex maximus. Although he was more or less a powerless figurehead.
The rex sacrorum wore a toga, the undecorated soft “shoeboot” (calceus), & carried a ceremonial axe. As a priest of the archaic Roman religion, he sacrificed capite velato, with head covered.
The rex held a sacrifice on the Kalends of each month. Kalends is the 1st day of every month in the Roman Calendar. The word ‘calendar’ comes from this word. On the Nones (the Roman Calendar used by the Roman Kingdom & Roman Republic), he announced the dates of festivals for the month.
On March 24 & May 24, he held a sacrifice in the Comitium. The Comitium was the original open-air public meeting space of ancient Rome & had major religious & prophetic significance. In addition to these duties, the rex sacrorum seems to have functioned as the high priest of Janus.
In Rome, the priesthood was deliberately depoliticized. The rex sacrorum wasn’t elected. His inauguration was merely witnessed by a comitia calata, an assembly called for the purpose. The rex was barred from a political & military command. After the overthrow of the Roman kings, the office of rex sacrorum fulfilled at least some of the sacral duties of kingship, with the consuls assuming political power & military command, as well as some sacral functions.
As the wife of the rex sacrorum, the regina sacrorum (“queen of the sacred things”) was a high priestess who carried out ritual duties only she could perform. On the Kalends of every month, the regina presided at the sacrifice of a sow (porca) or female lamb (agna) to Juno. The reginas were equal to their male partners. These 2 priesthood were gender-balanced & had shared duties.
While performing her rituals, the regina wore a headdress called the arculum, formed from a garland of pomegranate twigs tied up with a white woolen thread. The rex & regina sacrorum were required to marry by the ritual of confarreatio, originally reserved for patricians. But after the Lex Canuleia of 445 BC, it’s possible that the regina could’ve been plebeian. Plebeians/plebs were the general body of the free Roman citizens who weren’t patricians.
The office of Rex Sacrorum wasn’t a highly coveted position among the patricians. Although the rex sacrorum was technically superior to the pontiffs, the rank conferred no real political gain. Because of this, there would be some years without a rex sacrorum at all.
By the time of Antony’s civil war, the office was entirely in disuse. But seems to have been revived later by Augustus, as there was mention of it during the empire until it was probably abolished by Theodosius I.
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Rex Sacrorum
In ancient Roman religion, the rex sacrorum (“king of the sacred things,” sometimes called rex sacrificulus) was a senatorial priesthood reserved for patricians. The rex sacrorum was based in the Regia.
During the Roman Republic, the rex sacrorum was chosen by the pontifex maximus (the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome) from a list of patricians (patricians were originally a group of ruling-class families in ancient Rome) submitted by the College of Pontiffs.
A further requirement was that he be born to parents married through the ritual of confarreatio. This was also the form of marriage he himself had to enter. His wife (the regina sacrorum) also performed religious duties specific to her role. Marriage was such a fundamental part of the priesthood that if the regina died, the rex had to resign. The rex sacrorum was above the pontifex maximus. Although he was more or less a powerless figurehead.
The rex sacrorum wore a toga, the undecorated soft “shoeboot” (calceus), & carried a ceremonial axe. As a priest of the archaic Roman religion, he sacrificed capite velato, with head covered.
The rex held a sacrifice on the Kalends of each month. Kalends is the 1st day of every month in the Roman Calendar. The word ‘calendar’ comes from this word. On the Nones (the Roman Calendar used by the Roman Kingdom & Roman Republic), he announced the dates of festivals for the month.
On March 24 & May 24, he held a sacrifice in the Comitium. The Comitium was the original open-air public meeting space of ancient Rome & had major religious & prophetic significance. In addition to these duties, the rex sacrorum seems to have functioned as the high priest of Janus.
In Rome, the priesthood was deliberately depoliticized. The rex sacrorum wasn’t elected. His inauguration was merely witnessed by a comitia calata, an assembly called for the purpose. The rex was barred from a political & military command. After the overthrow of the Roman kings, the office of rex sacrorum fulfilled at least some of the sacral duties of kingship, with the consuls assuming political power & military command, as well as some sacral functions.
As the wife of the rex sacrorum, the regina sacrorum (“queen of the sacred things”) was a high priestess who carried out ritual duties only she could perform. On the Kalends of every month, the regina presided at the sacrifice of a sow (porca) or female lamb (agna) to Juno. The reginas were equal to their male partners. These 2 priesthood were gender-balanced & had shared duties.
While performing her rituals, the regina wore a headdress called the arculum, formed from a garland of pomegranate twigs tied up with a white woolen thread. The rex & regina sacrorum were required to marry by the ritual of confarreatio, originally reserved for patricians. But after the Lex Canuleia of 445 BC, it’s possible that the regina could’ve been plebeian. Plebeians/plebs were the general body of the free Roman citizens who weren’t patricians.
The office of Rex Sacrorum wasn’t a highly coveted position among the patricians. Although the rex sacrorum was technically superior to the pontiffs, the rank conferred no real political gain. Because of this, there would be some years without a rex sacrorum at all.
By the time of Antony’s civil war, the office was entirely in disuse. But seems to have been revived later by Augustus, as there was mention of it during the empire until it was probably abolished by Theodosius I.
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#445BC #Agna #AncientRome #Antony #Arculum #Augustus #Calceus #CapiteVelato #CollegeOfPontiffs #Comitium #Confarreatio #HighPriest #HighPriestess #history #Janus #Juno #Kalends #LexCanuleia #March24 #May24 #Nones #Patricians #philosophy #Plebeian #Plebs #PontifexMaximus #Pontiffs #Porca #Regia #ReginaSacrorum #RexSacrificulus #RexSacrorum #RomanEmpire #RomanKingdom #RomanKings #RomanRepublic #Rome #SenatorialPriesthood #TheodosiusI #Toga -
If The Ancient Romans Had Google Maps - Omnesviae Is A Modern Route Planner Based On The Roads Of The Roman Empire
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https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/omnesviae-roman-roads-map/ <-- shared article
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https://www.omnesviae.org/ <-- OmnesViae - Roman RoutePlanner
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[combining professional and personal interests]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #network #webmap #romanempire #ancientrome #ancienthistory #transportation #infrastructure #roads #commerce #military #OmnesViae #routing #publicroads #TabulaPeutingeriana #history #ancientmaps #historicmaps #itinerarium #peutingermap #onlinemapping #onlinemap -
If The Ancient Romans Had Google Maps - Omnesviae Is A Modern Route Planner Based On The Roads Of The Roman Empire
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https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/omnesviae-roman-roads-map/ <-- shared article
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https://www.omnesviae.org/ <-- OmnesViae - Roman RoutePlanner
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[combining professional and personal interests]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #network #webmap #romanempire #ancientrome #ancienthistory #transportation #infrastructure #roads #commerce #military #OmnesViae #routing #publicroads #TabulaPeutingeriana #history #ancientmaps #historicmaps #itinerarium #peutingermap #onlinemapping #onlinemap -
If The Ancient Romans Had Google Maps - Omnesviae Is A Modern Route Planner Based On The Roads Of The Roman Empire
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https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/omnesviae-roman-roads-map/ <-- shared article
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https://www.omnesviae.org/ <-- OmnesViae - Roman RoutePlanner
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[combining professional and personal interests]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #network #webmap #romanempire #ancientrome #ancienthistory #transportation #infrastructure #roads #commerce #military #OmnesViae #routing #publicroads #TabulaPeutingeriana #history #ancientmaps #historicmaps #itinerarium #peutingermap #onlinemapping #onlinemap -
If The Ancient Romans Had Google Maps - Omnesviae Is A Modern Route Planner Based On The Roads Of The Roman Empire
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https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/omnesviae-roman-roads-map/ <-- shared article
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https://www.omnesviae.org/ <-- OmnesViae - Roman RoutePlanner
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[combining professional and personal interests]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #network #webmap #romanempire #ancientrome #ancienthistory #transportation #infrastructure #roads #commerce #military #OmnesViae #routing #publicroads #TabulaPeutingeriana #history #ancientmaps #historicmaps #itinerarium #peutingermap #onlinemapping #onlinemap -
If The Ancient Romans Had Google Maps - Omnesviae Is A Modern Route Planner Based On The Roads Of The Roman Empire
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https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/omnesviae-roman-roads-map/ <-- shared article
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https://www.omnesviae.org/ <-- OmnesViae - Roman RoutePlanner
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[combining professional and personal interests]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #network #webmap #romanempire #ancientrome #ancienthistory #transportation #infrastructure #roads #commerce #military #OmnesViae #routing #publicroads #TabulaPeutingeriana #history #ancientmaps #historicmaps #itinerarium #peutingermap #onlinemapping #onlinemap