A FASCINATING map reveals the ancient Roman roads Britons still use every day ... A Roman force of 40,000 led by Aulus Plautius landed in Kent and took the south east in 43 AD.

Map showing the find site (green dot) and presumed straight course of Roman road, matching the modern Old Kent Road. The modern road kinks after Commercial Way, and this is perhaps where the old ...

The 2,000-year-old road was found beneath the Old Kent Road in the city’s southeast ... this discovery “has redrawn the Roman road map for Southwark and informs on Roman construction ...

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The huge map, last updated in the ... perhaps via the Kent port of Dubra or Dover, would take 56 days to cover 828 miles of Roman roads from Gesogiaco qvod nvnc Bononia (Boulogne) to the capital ...

The project to introduce low-carbon heating to 3,000 homes on the Old Kent Road is hoped to reduce ... said the discovery “has redrawn the Roman road map for Southwark and informs on Roman ...

The map shows some of the UK's most important roads today ... West Asia and North Africa. A Roman force of 40,000 led by Aulus Plautius landed in Kent and took the south east in 43 AD.

Construction workers uncovered a well-preserved section of the 2,000-year-old Roman Watling Street beneath Old Kent Road in Southwark, London. The discovery was made during early works by ...

“The discovery of an intact section of Roman Wating Street directly under the current Old Kent Road has redrawn the Roman road map for Southwark and informs on Roman construction techniques generally, ...

Archaeologists have discovered a section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads directly beneath the Old Kent Road. It is part of an important 2,000-year-old road known as Roman Watling ...