cant any point on the map with a road be a rome?

Yes, even ferries in Scandinavia can be roads when it makes for a better map… Or not ferries in the Mediterranean when it doesn’t.

Honestly I think this part

> The resulting images bring insights into the ways in which road infrastructure reflect regional, political and geographical situations.

should just be taken as pseudo-profound art fluff. Are you telling me all Greek commercial transport goes straight through non-Schengen instead of just ferrying across?