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Research Challenges Beliefs About Structure Of Roman Roads

Analysis of nearly 300,000 kilometers of roads shows the network was not as straight as previously thought.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 15 Sept 2026 · updated 1h ago

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  1. Not all roads lead to Rome: Research challenges what we think we know about Roman roads Spotlight news only
  2. Roman roads weren’t so straight after all New Scientist

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  • Aarhus University
  • Queen Mary University of London