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  1. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/roman-kit

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  2. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/roman-kit

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  3. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/roman-kit

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  4. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/roman-kit

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  5. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/roman-kit

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  6. 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: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/rom

    Follow @archaeology

  7. 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: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/rom

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #ancientrome

  8. 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: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/rom

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #ancientrome

  9. 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: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/rom

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #ancientrome

  10. 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: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/rom

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #ancientrome

  11. 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
    europesays.com/italy/49929/

  12. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/painted-c

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  13. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/painted-c

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  14. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/painted-c

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  15. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/painted-c

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  16. 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.

    romanempiretimes.com/painted-c

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  17. 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
    europesays.com/turkiye/53114/

  18. Researchers Have Analyzed The Roman Empire’s 190,000-Mile Network Of Roads. Turns Out, Not All Of Them Led To Rome
    (for a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital was and whether current motorways trace Roman routes)
    --
    smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-754 <-- shared paper
    --
    newscientist.com/article/25893 <-- shared technical article
    --
    thetimes.com/uk/science/articl <-- shared media article
    --
    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17122148 <-- shared (Zendo) open data access, ‘A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire: Itiner-e’ static version 2024 (#GPKG, #GeoJSON and SHP)
    --
    itiner-e.org/ <-- shared itiner-e.org Roman Roads web map
    --
    itiner-e.org/about <-- shared itiner-e.org overview and description of data downloads, etc
    --
    youtu.be/OTSe7MsJXbo?si=T7shjF <-- shared video overview, Travel the Roads of the Roman Empire on itiner-e.org
    --
    “… “All roads lead to Rome.” Everyone knows the adage. But according to new research [link above]…, the ancient Roman Empire’s sprawling highways weren’t as connected to the Eternal City, or quite as sophisticated, as that saying and other commonly held notions about them suggest.
    “All roads lead to Rome? They are all straight? We still walk Roman roads in the region today? These are widely held assumptions, even among academics,”[said one of the authors.]
    Such claims have prevented historians from interrogating the Roman road system [they also said, 3rd link above] “We just assume that Rome was at the center of a spider’s web of roads, and that’s simply not true.”
    Last year, [they] created a digital, publicly accessible map of the Roman Empire’s nearly 190,000 miles of roads in 150 C.E. For their recent study, the researchers analyzed topographical data and historical context to make judgments about that network…”
    #history #ancienthistory #Rome #roads #romanroads #mapping #spatialanalysis #webmap #opendata #Itiner-e #RomanEmpire #infrastructure #archaeology #connections #network #routing #highways #topography #elevation #grade #settlements #community #culture #cities #towns #commerce #trade #spatial #GIS #mapping #mobility #empire #military #modernday #roads #equivalency #slope #sinuosity #density #kernaldensity #statistics #geostatistics #regression #centrality #ports #riverine #maritime #trade #shipping

  19. Researchers Have Analyzed The Roman Empire’s 190,000-Mile Network Of Roads. Turns Out, Not All Of Them Led To Rome
    (for a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital was and whether current motorways trace Roman routes)
    --
    smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-754 <-- shared paper
    --
    newscientist.com/article/25893 <-- shared technical article
    --
    thetimes.com/uk/science/articl <-- shared media article
    --
    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17122148 <-- shared (Zendo) open data access, ‘A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire: Itiner-e’ static version 2024 (#GPKG, #GeoJSON and SHP)
    --
    itiner-e.org/ <-- shared itiner-e.org Roman Roads web map
    --
    itiner-e.org/about <-- shared itiner-e.org overview and description of data downloads, etc
    --
    youtu.be/OTSe7MsJXbo?si=T7shjF <-- shared video overview, Travel the Roads of the Roman Empire on itiner-e.org
    --
    “… “All roads lead to Rome.” Everyone knows the adage. But according to new research [link above]…, the ancient Roman Empire’s sprawling highways weren’t as connected to the Eternal City, or quite as sophisticated, as that saying and other commonly held notions about them suggest.
    “All roads lead to Rome? They are all straight? We still walk Roman roads in the region today? These are widely held assumptions, even among academics,”[said one of the authors.]
    Such claims have prevented historians from interrogating the Roman road system [they also said, 3rd link above] “We just assume that Rome was at the center of a spider’s web of roads, and that’s simply not true.”
    Last year, [they] created a digital, publicly accessible map of the Roman Empire’s nearly 190,000 miles of roads in 150 C.E. For their recent study, the researchers analyzed topographical data and historical context to make judgments about that network…”
    #history #ancienthistory #Rome #roads #romanroads #mapping #spatialanalysis #webmap #opendata #Itiner-e #RomanEmpire #infrastructure #archaeology #connections #network #routing #highways #topography #elevation #grade #settlements #community #culture #cities #towns #commerce #trade #spatial #GIS #mapping #mobility #empire #military #modernday #roads #equivalency #slope #sinuosity #density #kernaldensity #statistics #geostatistics #regression #centrality #ports #riverine #maritime #trade #shipping

  20. Researchers Have Analyzed The Roman Empire’s 190,000-Mile Network Of Roads. Turns Out, Not All Of Them Led To Rome
    (for a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital was and whether current motorways trace Roman routes)
    --
    smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-754 <-- shared paper
    --
    newscientist.com/article/25893 <-- shared technical article
    --
    thetimes.com/uk/science/articl <-- shared media article
    --
    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17122148 <-- shared (Zendo) open data access, ‘A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire: Itiner-e’ static version 2024 (#GPKG, #GeoJSON and SHP)
    --
    itiner-e.org/ <-- shared itiner-e.org Roman Roads web map
    --
    itiner-e.org/about <-- shared itiner-e.org overview and description of data downloads, etc
    --
    youtu.be/OTSe7MsJXbo?si=T7shjF <-- shared video overview, Travel the Roads of the Roman Empire on itiner-e.org
    --
    “… “All roads lead to Rome.” Everyone knows the adage. But according to new research [link above]…, the ancient Roman Empire’s sprawling highways weren’t as connected to the Eternal City, or quite as sophisticated, as that saying and other commonly held notions about them suggest.
    “All roads lead to Rome? They are all straight? We still walk Roman roads in the region today? These are widely held assumptions, even among academics,”[said one of the authors.]
    Such claims have prevented historians from interrogating the Roman road system [they also said, 3rd link above] “We just assume that Rome was at the center of a spider’s web of roads, and that’s simply not true.”
    Last year, [they] created a digital, publicly accessible map of the Roman Empire’s nearly 190,000 miles of roads in 150 C.E. For their recent study, the researchers analyzed topographical data and historical context to make judgments about that network…”
    #history #ancienthistory #Rome #roads #romanroads #mapping #spatialanalysis #webmap #opendata #Itiner-e #RomanEmpire #infrastructure #archaeology #connections #network #routing #highways #topography #elevation #grade #settlements #community #culture #cities #towns #commerce #trade #spatial #GIS #mapping #mobility #empire #military #modernday #roads #equivalency #slope #sinuosity #density #kernaldensity #statistics #geostatistics #regression #centrality #ports #riverine #maritime #trade #shipping

  21. Researchers Have Analyzed The Roman Empire’s 190,000-Mile Network Of Roads. Turns Out, Not All Of Them Led To Rome
    (for a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital was and whether current motorways trace Roman routes)
    --
    smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-754 <-- shared paper
    --
    newscientist.com/article/25893 <-- shared technical article
    --
    thetimes.com/uk/science/articl <-- shared media article
    --
    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17122148 <-- shared (Zendo) open data access, ‘A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire: Itiner-e’ static version 2024 (#GPKG, and SHP)
    --
    itiner-e.org/ <-- shared itiner-e.org Roman Roads web map
    --
    itiner-e.org/about <-- shared itiner-e.org overview and description of data downloads, etc
    --
    youtu.be/OTSe7MsJXbo?si=T7shjF <-- shared video overview, Travel the Roads of the Roman Empire on itiner-e.org
    --
    “… “All roads lead to Rome.” Everyone knows the adage. But according to new research [link above]…, the ancient Roman Empire’s sprawling highways weren’t as connected to the Eternal City, or quite as sophisticated, as that saying and other commonly held notions about them suggest.
    “All roads lead to Rome? They are all straight? We still walk Roman roads in the region today? These are widely held assumptions, even among academics,”[said one of the authors.]
    Such claims have prevented historians from interrogating the Roman road system [they also said, 3rd link above] “We just assume that Rome was at the center of a spider’s web of roads, and that’s simply not true.”
    Last year, [they] created a digital, publicly accessible map of the Roman Empire’s nearly 190,000 miles of roads in 150 C.E. For their recent study, the researchers analyzed topographical data and historical context to make judgments about that network…”
    -e

  22. Researchers Have Analyzed The Roman Empire’s 190,000-Mile Network Of Roads. Turns Out, Not All Of Them Led To Rome
    (for a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital was and whether current motorways trace Roman routes)
    --
    smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-754 <-- shared paper
    --
    newscientist.com/article/25893 <-- shared technical article
    --
    thetimes.com/uk/science/articl <-- shared media article
    --
    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17122148 <-- shared (Zendo) open data access, ‘A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire: Itiner-e’ static version 2024 (#GPKG, #GeoJSON and SHP)
    --
    itiner-e.org/ <-- shared itiner-e.org Roman Roads web map
    --
    itiner-e.org/about <-- shared itiner-e.org overview and description of data downloads, etc
    --
    youtu.be/OTSe7MsJXbo?si=T7shjF <-- shared video overview, Travel the Roads of the Roman Empire on itiner-e.org
    --
    “… “All roads lead to Rome.” Everyone knows the adage. But according to new research [link above]…, the ancient Roman Empire’s sprawling highways weren’t as connected to the Eternal City, or quite as sophisticated, as that saying and other commonly held notions about them suggest.
    “All roads lead to Rome? They are all straight? We still walk Roman roads in the region today? These are widely held assumptions, even among academics,”[said one of the authors.]
    Such claims have prevented historians from interrogating the Roman road system [they also said, 3rd link above] “We just assume that Rome was at the center of a spider’s web of roads, and that’s simply not true.”
    Last year, [they] created a digital, publicly accessible map of the Roman Empire’s nearly 190,000 miles of roads in 150 C.E. For their recent study, the researchers analyzed topographical data and historical context to make judgments about that network…”
    #history #ancienthistory #Rome #roads #romanroads #mapping #spatialanalysis #webmap #opendata #Itiner-e #RomanEmpire #infrastructure #archaeology #connections #network #routing #highways #topography #elevation #grade #settlements #community #culture #cities #towns #commerce #trade #spatial #GIS #mapping #mobility #empire #military #modernday #roads #equivalency #slope #sinuosity #density #kernaldensity #statistics #geostatistics #regression #centrality #ports #riverine #maritime #trade #shipping

  23. Ancient Roman Building and Metalworking Site Emerges in Ligornetto

    Excavators at Stramonte have uncovered part of a second- to third-century Roman building, along with fire damage and evidence for metalworking nearby.

    romanempiretimes.com/ancient-r

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  24. Ancient Roman Building and Metalworking Site Emerges in Ligornetto

    Excavators at Stramonte have uncovered part of a second- to third-century Roman building, along with fire damage and evidence for metalworking nearby.

    romanempiretimes.com/ancient-r

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  25. Ancient Roman Building and Metalworking Site Emerges in Ligornetto

    Excavators at Stramonte have uncovered part of a second- to third-century Roman building, along with fire damage and evidence for metalworking nearby.

    romanempiretimes.com/ancient-r

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  26. Ancient Roman Building and Metalworking Site Emerges in Ligornetto

    Excavators at Stramonte have uncovered part of a second- to third-century Roman building, along with fire damage and evidence for metalworking nearby.

    romanempiretimes.com/ancient-r

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History

  27. Ancient Roman Building and Metalworking Site Emerges in Ligornetto

    Excavators at Stramonte have uncovered part of a second- to third-century Roman building, along with fire damage and evidence for metalworking nearby.

    romanempiretimes.com/ancient-r

    #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #History