Not all roads lead to Rome: Research challenges what we think we know about Roman roads

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A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark, Queen Mary University of London and other European institutions analyzed a data set representing almost 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) of Roman roads across the former emp…

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  • A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark, Queen Mary University of London and other European institutions analyzed a data set representing almost 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) of Roman roads across the former emp…
  • Reported by Phys.org and published Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:00:04 UTC.

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