The medieval city was seen as a crowded, bustling place, with people, horses, carts and wagons all moving around. Just as in our modern city, this would all lead to inevitable traffic problems.

An analysis of the Roman Empire’s road network disputes the myth “all roads lead to Rome,” citing the importance of other cities and reviewing long-held assumptions.

A spatial analysis of nearly 300,000 km of Roman roads reveals they favoured straight routes when topography allowed, established provincial capitals as key transport hubs, and Roman roads correlate w...

Viabundus er et europæisk vejforskningsprojekt, der omfatter et interaktivt digitalt kort og en database over hovedfærdselsårerne i store dele af Nord- og Centraleuropa i middelalderen og tidlig moder...

À partir de différentes formes de transmission (entre autres des découvertes archéologiques, des sceaux, des authentiques de reliques, des cartulaires et des « livres des bourgeois »), nous discute…

This week we’re taking a brief look at Roman roads because that was the topic which won out on the latest ACOUP Senate poll and on this blog we conform to the mos maiorum by following the Sen…

Der Workshop ist ein Forum für Wissenschaftler:innen verschiedener Disziplinen, auf dem Ansätze, Methoden und Zugänge zur Mobilitätsforschung diskutiert werden.

Pèlerins, marchands et autres voyageurs sillonnent les routes médiévales, y compris dans des espaces inhospitaliers, ignorant sans doute que les infrastructures routières qu’ils empruntaient ont fa…

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