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[History] ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World (orbis.stanford.edu)

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Stanford has a tool to calculate travel times in the Roman Empire. A great resource to get a better perspective of the world they lived in. I like to use it for writing stories in settings with similar technology levels, to get an idea of how quickly people should be able to travel.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read about this in Mary Beard's SPQR. Highly recommend that book if you're just starting out learning about Roman history, particularly Cicero.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Awesome, I hadn't heard of it but thanks for calling it out! A link with more info for anybody else that's interested.