puts road-building at the center of Rome’s imperial project. Empires and roads have always gone hand in hand. Centuries before the Romans, the ancient Persians relied on an extensive road system ...
In the Neckargartach district of Heilbronn, in southwestern Germany, a 500-meter-long section of Roman road and various buildings were recently discovered. Fragments of a statue of Mercury were also ...
One of the ruined ancient Roman buildings in Neckargartach ... s first opportunity to study a long section of Roman road with related roadside buildings. Excavations at the site in Neckargartach ...
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” “All roads lead to Rome.” “Rome was not built in a day.” Caesar Augustus boasted, “I found Rome a city of brick and ...