Okay, so this is just about the coolest thing since sliced bread.
ORBIS!
ORBIS allows us to express Roman communication costs in terms of both
time and expense. By simulating movement along the principal routes of
the Roman road network, the main navigable rivers, and hundreds of sea
routes in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and coastal Atlantic, this
interactive model reconstructs the duration and financial cost of travel
in antiquity. Taking account of seasonal variation and
accommodating a wide range of modes and means of transport, ORBIS
reveals the true shape of the Roman world and provides a unique resource
for our understanding of premodern history.
If that doesn't get your History Nerd (tm) blood a'flowing, you've secretly been replaced by a zombie.
3 comments:
That is waaay too cool. Thanks for point it out.
- Ark
Well, there went the rest of my morning . . .
Yeah, you can waste a lot of time at the site. It's awesome.
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