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All roads may have once led to Rome — but those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published this week.

The study, called Itiner-e, mapped nearly 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) of Roman roadways across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, expanding the known network by over 100,000 kilometers, The Associated Press reported.

The last comprehensive atlas was released 25 years ago — but it relied on incomplete records and analogue mapping.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MASSIVE STONE RUINS FROM ANCIENT CITY THAT ONCE RIVALED ROME

New digital methods and satellite tools have transformed what people can see today of the ancient world, said researchers.

A team of archaeologis

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