Image having this kind of grudge

months? how long would it take to journey from the Italian alps to its southern most point? Turin to the south most point of the peninsula is about 240h walk, at a reasonable pace that should take about 2 weeks, a month at most.

although if we’re talking about the whole empire, then corner to corner would take months

Yeah, but corner to corner, you’d probably be taking a boat anyway for 80%.

Even one end of Italy to the other, seems like walking to the coast, then boating the length, then walking coast to destination would be the play.