Geospatial model of the Roman world that takes all these conditions into account and calculates distances not in hours but in days of walking, just as ancient writers did: under average conditions, one could walk 30 km, or 20 Roman miles, per day. This figure is as valid today as it was two thousand years ago.

Collection: Images, Texts

Project: 9. Travels and travelers: economic, social and cultural connections.

Chronology: BE/CE

Scope: Primary, Secondary Education, Higher Education

Link: https://orbis.stanford.edu

Resource type: Image, Text

Format: Images|Texts

Source: ORBIS has been made possible by a Digital Humanities Grant of Stanford University and has been designed and executed by Walter Scheidel and Elijah Meeks in collaboration with a group of IT specialists and students at Stanford. 

Language: English

Owner: Beatrice Borghi (Modernalia)

Copyright: Credits: https://orbis.stanford.edu

Abstract: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World about routes, time, expenses.

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