The parchment scroll, made in the Middle Ages, is the only surviving copy of a road map from the late Roman Empire. The document, which is almost seven metres long, shows the network of main Roman ...

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history ... to a more accurate depiction of the map of Egypt’s defenses on its eastern borders ...

Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...

The maps also show major topographical features, such as rivers, islands, and even Roman roads, which surveyors noted in their records during the surveys and then transferred to the base map.