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Roman Roads Map Shows Network Was Neither Straight Nor Rome-Centered
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— Sep 15, 2026
THE LEAD FACT: A 2026 Nature Communications study of ~300,000 km of Roman roads finds Rome was not the center; Constantinople was more central overland, and roads bent to terrain.
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Derek Foss
Those roads bending around hills and rivers instead of cutting straight through shows the engineers cared more about keeping wagons moving than drawing lines on a map.
St. Olga of Kiev Converts to Christianity
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— FROM 957
The Rus ruler travels to Constantinople and is baptized.
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