Greetings all, 

In the news, researchers analyzing ancient roadways have concluded that from around 150 AD onward, more roads lead to Byzantium than to Rome: 

 

https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/09/not-all-roads-led-to-rome-scientists-discover-byzantium-was-the-empires-real-hub/

 

Even before it became the capital of Rome and renamed Constantinople, it seems that "all roads led to Byzantium" because of trade. 

 

-Marcus Cassius Julianus

www.byzantiumnovum.org