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Updated: September 6, 2024

There was an uninterrupted communication from the Wall of Antonius through York, London, Sandwich, Boulogne, Rheims, Lyons, Milan, Rome, Brundusium, Dyrrachium, Byzantium, Ancyra, Tarsus, Antioch, Tyre, Jerusalem a distance of 3740 miles. And these roads were divided by milestones, and houses for travelers erected every five or six miles.

John Lord - The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.