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Network representation of major Roman roads in the Iberian Peninsula. Nodes represent settlements and edges represent roads connecting settlements. Isolates settlements not included. Used as an example and training dataset in Brughmans and Peeples's 2023 textbook Network Science in Archaeology.
Construction
Settlement locations derived from Pleiades ( https://pleiades.stoa.org/ ) based on the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (Talbert 2000). Roads based on detailed digitization of major Roman roads by Pau de Soto: De Soto, P., Carreras, C., 2021. The Role of Politics in the Historical Transport Networks of the Iberian Peninsula and the Pyrenees from Roman Times to the Nineteenth Century. Social Science History 45, 233–260. https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2021.12
De Soto, P., Carreras, C., 2021. The Role of Politics in the Historical Transport Networks of the Iberian Peninsula and the Pyrenees from Roman Times to the Nineteenth Century. Social Science History 45, 233–260. https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2021.12
Talbert, R.J.A., 2000. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press, Princeton.