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A comment on Subway-style maps of roads of the Roman Empire.

Re:Subway-style maps of roads of the Roman Empire by Ftuuky on Thursday July 09, 2020 @05:08PM (#23785251)
Not an authority in Roman history but looking at the Iberian map, the Roman city of Conimbriga is not modern day Coimbra, it was around 15km away from it. It's actually Aeminium [0]

This makes me a bit suspicious of the overall quality of the maps.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeminium

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Re:Subway-style maps of roads of the Roman Empire by ydnaclementine on Thursday July 09, 2020 @05:38PM (#23785520)
I think it's the certain style and design liberties subway style maps use. For comparison, look at the general sizing or shape of Central Park in NYC subway maps [0].

[0] https://new.mta.info/map/5256

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