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Bryaxis Hecatee

The new ORBIS roman travel "google maps like"

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I've just seen information on a new project which provides the same functionnalities as google map for planning travels, but for the roman period !

 

Article is availlable at this site and the site itself is already accessible.

 

I've done some tests, it's quite impressive although they mainly go through the main cities, it would have been nice if they had been able to use more detailled maps (with more daily halts, etc.)

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Science News has just picked up on this Economic resource for calculating journey times and preferred modes of travel in the Roman Empire in this article:

 

EVANSTON, Ill.

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