Roman World
Roman Sites & Roads
Two thousand years of the Roman world, laid over the map as it stands today — roads, cities, and ruins where the empire actually reached.
Welcome to VIA
Two ways into the ancient world.
How VIA works
Ancient history on today’s map.
See roads, cities, ruins, and campaigns in their present geography.
Plan Roman journeys with ORBIS.
Tap one place, then another to estimate days by road, river, and sea.
Built on the scholarly record.
Pleiades for places, Itiner-e for roads, and ORBIS for travel.
Alexander’s Empire
Alexander’s Campaign
Follow a single lifetime from Pella to the Hyphasis and back to Babylon — some 20,000 km in ten years. Step through every turning point in order.