The main travel axes of the Roman Empire — such as here in Ephesus, Turkey — were the basis for its massive expansion of trade, intellectual exchange and military occupation across Europe, North ...

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? For a team of international researchers who went all in and mapped the ancient Roman road system, the answer — truly — is every day. And now, anyone can ...

The digital Itiner-e atlas is revolutionizing how we see the ancient world. In it, researchers have mapped the entirety of the Roman road network — making clear just how it influenced European ...

An international team of researchers publishes the first high-resolution digital atlas of Roman roads, doubling the known length and exposing the vast gaps in our knowledge. This new dataset, ...

Europe’s drought and heatwave revealed an ancient Roman military camp complex, Aquis Querquennis, as water levels in the Lima River in Galicia, Spain, dropped. Galidrone Screengrab from Farodevigo's ...

The grand cities of ancient Rome’s vast empire and majestic churches of its fall. With its vast empire, ancient Rome gave Europe its first common culture. From England to Turkey, we explore the ...

The map of Europe has not simply been scorched by the consuming heat of our time: it has been, in large measure, destroyed. Only a few remains are left, to testify to its previous existence and to its ...

An ancient Roman military camp in what is now northwestern Spain was revealed in its entirety as reservoirs in Europe continue to shrink during August amid a record-breaking drought. Portions of ...

The Roman Empire's pervasive influence once reached across land, sea, and even sky. During the golden age of Roman imperialism, air pollution grew so inescapable that researchers now suspect it caused ...