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How can it take 2 months on foot, yet only 1 month per horse, when a horse can only travel between 25-35 miles a day, which is not twice as far as a human can travel in a day, but about equal?
https://www.audleytravel.com/jordan/country-guides/the-kings...
Was it not Roman enough, ie not built by Romans so not on the map? Or did it not exist during Roman times?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Peutingeriana
(Check out one of the full size scans in the links)
Sometimes I wonder if we've regressed in terms of attention to quality. Here in the US, I see lots of potholes on the streets and sidewalks. Meanwhile, the ancient cobblestone roads are still functional to this day.
How can it take 2 months on foot, yet only 1 month per horse, when a horse can only travel between 25-35 miles a day, which is not twice as far as a human can travel in a day, but about equal?
With baggage, a typical human can only travel about 12-17 miles a day (half that of a horse)
How can it take 2 months on foot, yet only 1 month per horse, when a horse can only travel between 25-35 miles a day, which is not twice as far as a human can travel in a day, but about equal?
Horses would often be swapped out at stations when a wealthy person would have to travel very quickly across a long distance. Maybe this is an average since the speed with which horsemen could travel would depend on the rate at which they exchanged their horses. In an extreme example from the year 9 BC, the future emperor Tiberius traveled on the Roman Roads 330 miles (531 km) between northern Italy and modern day Ma…
The original creator's page is: https://sashamaps.net/docs/maps/roman-roads-original/ The summary here links right to the original content. I just wanted to highlight the original for the sake of other readers clicking through quickly. There's also a much more detailed (and more interesting) writeup on the creator's page.
I actually refer to his list of 20 simple, distinct colors ( https://sashamaps.net/docs/resources/20-colors/ ) which he came up with for this map, pretty frequently. It's a nice palette.
The original creator's page is: https://sashamaps.net/docs/maps/roman-roads-original/ The summary here links right to the original content. I just wanted to highlight the original for the sake of other readers clicking through quickly. There's also a much more detailed (and more interesting) writeup on the creator's page.
How can it take 2 months on foot, yet only 1 month per horse, when a horse can only travel between 25-35 miles a day, which is not twice as far as a human can travel in a day, but about equal?
A man on a bike beats a horse over almost all distances, especially long distances. The only interesting competitive distance might be a flying 400m.