Archaeologists have discovered a 1.7 thousand-year-old Roman merchant ship in Majorca.

Just 2 meters under the water of Playa de Palma, archaeologists have discovered a surprisingly well-preserved Roman merchant ship that sank about 1.7 thousand years ago. The vessel, dubbed the Ses ...

A new study expands on all the roads that led to Rome

Researchers have created a new road map of the Roman world that could help historians study how religion, migration, trade, and even pandemics spread across the Roman Empire 2000 years ago.
Scientific American

A New Map Just Added 60,000 Miles to Ancient Rome’s Roadways

New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...
USA Today

Did first plague kill half of late Roman Empire? Evidence may be exaggerated, study says

The death toll of the first plague pandemic, credited with wiping out tens of millions of people in the late Roman Empire, may have been exaggerated in past historical accounts, new research suggests.

Ancient Roman Roads Mapped in Detail from Great Britain to North Africa

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great ...
Mother Jones

How Do You Know if You’re Living Through the Death of an Empire?

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