1 of 1
Story summary
- Researchers mapped the Roman road network and identified Constantinople as the most central hub.
- The network covered about 300,000 kilometers across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
- Tom Brughmans, a classical archaeologist at Aarhus University, led the mapping project.
- The road layout peaked in the 2nd–4th centuries AD, when the empire was at its height.
- The study noted Constantinople’s location between Europe and Asia increased its centrality.
