The history of Roman roads in Britain begins with the history of the Roman occupation, starting at a beachhead on the Kent coast, in the 43rd year of the first millennium.

In Rome’s case, all roads led to one place. The proverb is medieval, but the idea is ancient. Early in his reign, Augustus installed the milliarium aureum, the golden milestone, in the Roman Forum.

As it turns out, there’s plenty of scholarship about the contemporary impact of the 50,000-mile network of Roman roads, which were built for military purposes but have had an enormous economic ...

They say all roads lead to Rome, but they also lead outward to a number of intriguing places. There’s Antinoopolis in northern Africa, Londinium in what we now know as the U.K., and—should ...

The Shropshire road was built, the archaeologists believe, up to 100 years before the Romans conquered Britain. The archaeologists suspect that the road may have been 40 miles long.

I'd worked my way around this land because knowing there were Roman roads in the area had always attracted me. Within 15 minutes, I found two Roman brooches. They were the clues telling me people ...

The Appian Way, constructed in 312 BC, has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. As Rome's first highway, it played a crucial role in military and trade functions, showcasing Roman engineering ...

The worn-down flat stones of an ancient Roman road have been unearthed in Jerusalem, the Israeli Antiquities Authority announced. About 1,800 years ago, the road was one of two imperial arteries ...

There has never been a better time for lovers of Roman roads – those seeking, and seeking to understand, the indelible but elusive lines tattooed onto the face of Britain by the Roman occupiers long ...

Christopher Hadley goes on a journey to ancient Britain in an extract from his new book ‘The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past’ Lines through history: uncovering the secrets of lost ...