Roman road: Did you mean...?

Time has seen the rise and fall of a number of great empires - the Babylonian, the Assyrian, the Egyptian, and lastly, the Persian. Regardless of the size or skill of their army or the capabilities of their leaders...

In the 2nd century CE, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland in northern Europe to the deserts of southern Egypt, encompassing the entirety of the Mediterranean basin. Beyond that lay its borders. Where...

Map of the Persian Royal Road from Susa to Sardes.

Official signpost of the German Limes Road (German: Deutsche Limes-Straße), a tourist route for motorists, cyclists and hikers that follows the course of the UNESCO - World Heritage Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes...

Gypsies on the Road, oil on panel painting by Lorrainian painter Jacques Callot (1592-1635). 16.5 cm (6.4 in) x 47.4 cm (18.6 in). National Museum, Warsaw.

An 1870 oil on canvas landscape, The Road to Louveciennes, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The simple composition and colour tones are typical of the artist's work in this...

View of the Theatral Area of the Palace of Knossos (Crete) and the Royal Road right below.

The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: In which John Green teaches you about the so-called Silk Road, a network of trade routes where goods such as ivory, silver, iron, wine, and yes, silk were exchanged...

Set on the North African coast, Tunisia is home to some of the finest Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. After the fall of Carthage, Rome transformed the region into the prosperous province of Africa...

An Inca rest station on the Inca Trail, Peru. Such stations were built at regular intervals along most major Inca highways.