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The Roman Transport Network: A Precedent for the Integration of the European Mobility
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In the last years, the use of geographical information systems has been common in many historical and geographical studies. Perhaps one of the least known applications is network analysis, a series of functions related to hydrology and mobility. Since 1994, researchers have used network analyses to understand costs and time expenditure in transportation in Roman times, with the aim of modeling commercial routes. Archaeological objects were employed to confirm those commercial distributions whose quantities were related basically to transport costs. The present articles go far beyond and attempt to understand decisions in building a transport network based on time series. It seems that not all Roman decisions in transport infrastructure were due to economic reasons; some parts of Roman roads were built basically for political reasons and affected later developments.
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More recent studies coincide in obtaining similar relationship between every mean of transport: Scheidel (2014) 1 sea; 5 downriver/10 upriver; 52 land; Carreras and De Soto 2010/2013: 1 sea; 3.6 downriver/6.8 upriver; 50.7 land.
“More recent studies also coincide in obtaining similar relationship between every mean of transport: Scheidel (2014) 1 sea;5 (downriver)/10 (upriver); 52land or Carreras and De Soto, 2010, Carreras and De Soto, 2013: 1 sea; 3,6 (downriver)/6,8 (upriver); 50,7 land.”
From Land transport in mountainous regions in the roman empire: network analysis in the case of the alps and pyrenees (2019) · cites this paper as Carreras and De Soto, 2013
The case of the Iberian Peninsula shows well-connected and easier goods transport along big plain areas, such as along the Mediterranean coast and river valleys.
“The case of the Iberian Peninsula for example, shows the well-connected and easier goods transport along big plain areas, such as on along the Mediterranean coast and the river valleys.”
From Land transport in mountainous regions in the roman empire: network analysis in the case of the alps and pyrenees (2019) · cites this paper as Carreras and De Soto, 2013
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- Authors
- Carreras, C., & De Soto, P.
- Venue
- Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-07
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 117-133
- ISSN
- 0161-5440
- 1940-1906
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 0
- Language
- en
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