Ancient roman road map....

[HFox]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7113810.stm

...wrong time frame (probably) but interesting no less.

[Intranetusa]

Worst map I've ever seen...ever >.<

btw, why did they say Roman roads stretched to India when the boundaries of Rome stopped at modern day Israel?

[HFox]

Its better than the one my wife uses when navigating......

[AngryAngelDD]

quite a remarkable map for this time
not new to me, but always nice to see.

interesting question would be, if those maps were used for distance calculations or travel time estimations

[brymht]

Very interesting.

For the record, Trajan pushed the Roman borders all the way to the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea. (BARELY, and not for very long).

[Cheexsta]

For those wondering, here's a full view of the map:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Peutingeriana

I agree with AngryAngelDD, it's possible they were used more for travel time estimations rather than geographical accuracy.

[CaesarAugustus]

I knew geography back then was bad but I didn't know they thought the world looked like that! I though they would have used Ptolemy's map...

[L.C.Cinna]

Like the text says the map is not intended to be an accurate geographical representation but a helpfor travel planning. it allows people to check stops, rests and such things so they can plan their journeys better.