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HISTORICAL MAPS · LATE 12TH-CENTURY COPY OF A ROMAN ORIGINAL; SHOWN IN KONRAD MILLER'S 1887 FACSIMILE

The Peutinger Map (Tabula Peutingeriana)

The only surviving map of the Roman Empire's road network, stretched into a ribbon nearly 7 metres long that runs from Western Europe to India.

Made by
Unknown medieval copyist, after a lost Roman original
Date
Late 12th-century copy of a Roman original; shown in Konrad Miller's 1887 facsimile
Held by
Austrian National Library, Vienna (Cod. 324)
Medium
Parchment scroll in 11 segments (shown here: Konrad Miller's printed facsimile, 1887)
The Peutinger Map (Tabula Peutingeriana), preview image (detail)
Preview (detail). Image: Konrad Miller facsimile (1887), public domain. License: Public domain. File page ↗

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