Googlemaps Peutingeriana

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · July 30, 2011, 10:28 AM

Here's a fantastic resource based on the

Tabula Peutingeriana

located here - http://www.omnesviae.org/

**juvenus** · July 30, 2011, 01:30 PM

very nice sbh, it's good to see ur still visiting these corners of the Web.

**Joar** · July 30, 2011, 01:35 PM

A very nice find!

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · July 31, 2011, 04:34 AM

Thanks - yes always hanging out here but never much time to post these days due long shift work in a poorly paid job. My energy is exhausted at the moment - on top of all that stress of losing the PC due to malware and having to re-install everything again from scratch! Hopefully thing will change soon!

**Dragases** · July 31, 2011, 07:11 AM

Magnificent contribution, I've forwarded it to several of my colleagues.
+rep!

Originally Posted by SeniorBatavianHorse

Thanks - yes always hanging out here but never much time to post these days due long shift work in a poorly paid job. My energy is exhausted at the moment - on top of all that stress of losing the PC due to malware and having to re-install everything again from scratch! Hopefully thing will change soon!

Really hope things will pick up for you again SBH!

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · July 31, 2011, 08:49 AM

Thanks, Dragases - the last few weeks have seen me also involved in setting up a new theatre venture/getting some of my plays put on so everything is very tight time-wise at the moment! Thanks for the rep!

**Rinan** · July 31, 2011, 02:02 PM

Very, very, very nice tool! Kind of funny how on the original map the sea is kind of weird. Makes it look like the journey from Rome to Carthage is infinitely shorter than from Rome to Hispania.

Some observations: The Romans (that, or the tool) didn't always know the shortest route. Going from Noviomagi (Nijmegen, Netherlands) to Rome, takes a little bit of an indirect route to Gaul. Going from Constantinopolis to Antioch makes a weird little zigzag in the middle of Anatolia, going from Ladik to Caballucome to Sabatra to ykonia (Konya/Iconium) instead of going straight from Ladik to Ykonia. Then again, there may be mountains in between of which I don't know, or swampy no-go areas, or deep dark forests full of bandits. Alternatively, going by road is probably still faster than not going by road. Still, it does look illogical sometimes! Also, it's impossible to go from Dover to the mainland.

Finally, going from Noviomagi to Carthago via Constantinopolis takes a measly 289 days! By foot or by horseback I wonder.

**SeniorBatavianHorse** · July 31, 2011, 02:31 PM

I wonder if you are right about the mountain passes and also the terrain in general?! I expect safety and the size of the towns may also have played a part in determining the route.

**Rinan** · July 31, 2011, 05:41 PM

Okay, I just found a really illogical route. This is the route going from Athens to Olympia. (check the image in the thumbnail for clarity)

Of course your question is still relevant, SeniorBatavianHorse, but in this instance it really seems like one of the following:
Either
1. The old Roman Peutingeriana road map thinks it is shorter to go from Mycene to Tegeas to Argos than from Mycene to Argos directly
or
2. The website is wrong.

FYI, when I calculate a rout from just Mycene to Argos it does the same weird thing. Basically you'll make a two days journey which is absolutely not neccesary. So, are the Romans wrong, or is the website wrong?! Or am I wrong?

I think I'll need to refrain myself in the future of posting more of these anomalies