{
  "id": 8041651,
  "title": "Researchers Have Analyzed the Roman Empire’s 190,000-Mile Network of Roads. Turns Out, Not All of Them Led to Rome",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/researchers-have-analyzed-the-roman-empires-190-000-mile-network-of",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-17T14:10:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-have-created-a-digital-map-of-the-roman-empires-190000-mile-network-of-roads-turns-out-not-all-of-them-led-to-rome-180989509/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital was and whether current motorways trace Roman routes",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}