The article is devoted to the analysis of the phenomenon of the "people's track" using the example of the civilizational path of Ancient Rome. It is considered how a unique combination of geographical, cultural, institutional and mental factors forms a stable trajectory for the development of society. Special attention is paid to the concept of "freedom lanes" — a historical window of opportunity within which the people are able to get out of the rut and make a civilizational leap. Based on the history of Rome, key bifurcation points are explored — transitions from tsarist power to republic, from republic to empire — and the mechanisms that allowed society to change the form of government while preserving cultural identity are analyzed. The paper also compares Roman transformations with modern examples of states that successfully overcame their historical inertia. It is concluded that getting out of the rut requires not only institutional reforms, but also a deep mental and cultural transformation initiated by both external challenges and the internal discipline of the people. The Roman experience is proposed as a methodological model for analyzing the current processes of change in modern societies. The evolution of structured transportation routes is investigated, from ancient Roman Empire itineraries to modern digital trajectories in the era of artificial intelligence and neural interfaces. The author considers the iterarium as a universal archetype — not only a logistics tool, but also a model for organizing knowledge, information, and power. Through the comparison of the ancient Cursus Publicus and modern cognitive systems, a methodological line is laid from physical movement to mental navigation in the infosphere. The article draws a parallel between the itinerary of an ancient Roman merchant and digital maps of the 21st century as forms of programmable movement through the space of knowledge. Special attention is paid to the concept of homo navigans digitalis, a new type of subject capable of interacting with algorithmic systems in real time through a mental query. The mechanisms of transition from linear reading to neural network thinking, from external libraries to internally integrated exocognitive platforms are revealed.The work offers an interpretation of neuroimplantation, AI chats, and distributed decision-making systems as modern forms of itineries — digital routers that shape the trajectories of thinking and action. The emergence of a new social model, the neuroimpery, is conceptually justified, where the basis of sovereignty is not control over territories, but management of information routes and cognitive access to knowledge. In this paradigm, the strategic resource of the future is not the amount of information, but the ability to formulate and direct a request: promt as an intellectual tool for new thinking.The article is addressed to researchers in the fields of philosophy of technology, cognitive science, digital humanities and futurology, as well as anyone interested in the intersection of ancient heritage and high technology.