Flückiger, Matthias; Hornung, Erik; Larch, Mario; … - 2019 - This version: July 2019
We show that the creation of the first integrated pan-European transport network during Roman times influences economic … interregional trade was strongly influenced by connectivity within the network. Today, these connectivity differentials continue to … cultural integration due to bilateral convergence in preferences and values. Both plausibly arise from network-induced history …