Taco Terpstra

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Taco Terpstra is a professor of history and classics at Northwestern University, known for his expertise in the Roman Empire and its intricate road network. He recently commented on a new study that suggests Constantinople served as a more central hub for overland travel in the empire than previously thought, complicating the long-held notion that 'all roads lead to Rome.' Terpstra emphasized that while Rome was undeniably the center of political and military power, the emergence of Constantinople as the imperial capital in the fourth century A.D. shifted the dynamics of transportation and connectivity within the empire.