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The map misses a road which heads out from Cambridge to Colchester that shouldn't be difficult to spot given that it's called the 'Roman Road'. Even the Romans
by caractacus 4y ago
The map misses a road which heads out from Cambridge to Colchester that shouldn't be difficult to spot given that it's called the 'Roman Road'. Even the Romans should be able to spot that.
https://frrfd.org.uk/archaeology-and-history/roman-road/ https://frrfd.org.uk/archaeology-and-history/roman-road/
- dafman 4y agoIt also seems to be missing part of Ermine Street from London up to Royston and then to Peterborough
- TimTheTinker 4y agoI think it only lists the roads that were noted in this particular route scroll.
- toyg 4y agoIt only includes roads and locations mentioned in two sources: the Peutinger map ("tabula Peutingeriana" [0]) and the Itinerarium Antonini [1]. Clearly you've found where those sources lacked precision. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Peutingeriana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Peutingeriana [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Itinerary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Itinerary
- leoc 4y agoThe routefinding also seems to be seriously imperfect. This journey from London to Tripoli takes the land route around the whole of the Eastern Mediterranean coast: https://omnesviae.org/#!iter_OVPlace427_TPPlace292 https://omnesviae.org/#!iter_OVPlace427_TPPlace292