
ArchaeologyMay 19, 2026
New map reveals lost roads of the Roman Empire
A massive digitization project has nearly doubled the known extent of the first continent-scale road network
Tom Brughmans is an associate professor of classical archaeology at Aarhus University in Denmark. His research focuses on studying material culture to understand how people in the Roman Empire were connected. Brughmans is co-director of https://itiner-e.org.

New map reveals lost roads of the Roman Empire
A massive digitization project has nearly doubled the known extent of the first continent-scale road network