Two thousand years ago, on August 19, 14 AD, Caesar Augustus died. He was Rome's first emperor, having won a civil war more than 40 years earlier that transformed the dysfunctional Roman Republic into ...

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? For a team of international researchers who went all in and mapped the ancient Roman road system, the answer — truly — is every day. And now, anyone can ...

At the very limit of their influence and control, Britain was considered the far northern edge of the Roman Empire. Establishing themselves in Londinium, they were famously unable to conquer what ...

Now a London Underground-style map of Roman roads has been drawn up by a student studying statistics at the University of Chicago. The colourful network simplifies the road system of 43 – 410 AD ...

Monty Python famously asked what the Romans ever did for us, but as a new map shows, they constructed a vast network of roads that revolutionized the world. Called Itiner-e, the incredible map ...

An international team of researchers publishes the first high-resolution digital atlas of Roman roads, doubling the known length and exposing the vast gaps in our knowledge. This new dataset, ...

AN interactive map shows where Romans occupied British towns nearly 2,000 years ago. The tool lays Roman roads over modern maps of cities including Bath, London and Chester. Created by Heritage Daily, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Two thousand years ago, on August 19, 14 AD, Caesar Augustus died. He was Rome’s first emperor, having won a civil war more than 40 years earlier that transformed the dysfunctional Roman Republic into ...