Egeria, the Woman Who Traveled Fourth-Century Roads to the East
(WorldNews Italy)

It was the year 381 when Egeria left her home in the Roman province of Gallaecia (in what would now be El Bierzo) to discover the world on foot. She crossed Europe`s borders and continued to Constantinople on Roman roads and many other secondary roads, finally reaching her goal: Jerusalem. Though she did travel by boat for some of the way, the roads were indisputable protagonists on Egeria`s journey. The 4th century was at its end, and though the Western Roman Empire was beginning to crumble, its impressive network of roads continued to connect practically every place on the map. A Planned Route At the end of the 19th century, Italian historian Gian Francesco Gamurrini was shuffling through...