Reise nach Jerusalem für Zeitreisende

New York Panorama

Eine ganz großartige und bildende „Spielerei“ hat sich die Standord University ausgedacht – eine interaktive Karte (The Stanfort Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World), um das Römische Reich der Antike zu bereisen und dabei realistisch zu berechnen, wie lange man braucht, sei es mit Eseln, Schiffen oder zu Fuß, dazu die Witterung als Variable.

IFLSience: Planes wouldn’t be invented until the American Revolution (according to Trump), however, meaning that the journey would take a lot longer in Roman times:

„The Fastest journey from Londinium to Ierusalem in January takes 53.5 days, covering 5,433 kilometers [3,375 miles]. Prices in denarii, based on the use of a faster sail ship and a civilian river boat (where applicable), and on these road options:

Per kilogram of wheat (by donkey): 22.74
Per kilogram of wheat (by wagon): 27.45
Per passenger in a carriage: 1897.51″

If you were to select the cheapest route, it would take you 98.4 days to complete a 6,129-kilometer (3,303-mile) journey. However, you would save yourself nearly 1,000 denarii per passenger, and 7 denarii per kilogram of wheat. And is it really a holiday if you aren’t shipping a wagonload of wheat back with you as a souvenir?

Pretty cool, indeed! Von Köln nach Jerusalem würde ich knapp zwei Monate brauchen, wenn das Schiff auf dem Mittelmeer nicht untergeht.