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

By Daniel Ofman,

Christopher Intagliata

Published November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM EST

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.

Daniel Ofman

Christopher Intagliata

Christopher Intagliata is an editor at All Things Considered, where he writes news and edits interviews with politicians, musicians, restaurant owners, scientists and many of the other voices heard on the air.

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