Who Needs GPS?

Yesterday on the train ride home I read a story in the new Smithsonian magazine about the Via Aurelia. It was a great piece, made even great by its references to the Tabula Peutingeriana, which was one huge road-map-slash-tour-guide to the ancient world. It stretched all the way from Iberia to India (not literally... but almost – it was about seven metres long), and it had Michelin-style star ratings and everything.



There's a scrollable version of it on the Wikipedia page.