At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...

Boundaries have rarely remained constant throughout history. The world is changed by empires, alliances, and political ...

Researchers built the most complete Roman road map ever made, charting nearly 186,000 miles across Europe, North Africa, and ...

Explore the Sunderland Collection’s stunning maps and atlases, spanning European mapmakers from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas by ...

It’s no secret that the Romans liked to build roads. But European researchers say they've discovered an extra 100,000 ...

In 1502, as Europeans hungrily looked to the vast new continent across the Atlantic Ocean, innovative maps of these unfamiliar territories became objects of power and intrigue. Alberto Cantino, an ...