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Source of data for the drawing of the Via Egnatia[edit]
- Background map : Nasa's Image:Greece_23.91172E_39.08554N.jpg (in PD) made with World Wind (cropped and modified by myself) ;
- Data source for the Via Egnatia :
- For the whole route :
- Specific parts :
- Albanian course : Via Egnatia Project ;
- from Masio Scampa to Lychnidos : map of kultura-struga.com ;
- from Edessa to Amphipolis : Barrington Atlas ;
- from Philippi to Aproi : Barrington Atlas ;
- and several other sites or maps for confirmation.
Sting 22:09, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Modern names of the cities on the map[edit]
| Antic name on the map | Modern English name |
|---|---|
| Brindisi | Brindisi |
| Dyrrachium | Durrës |
| Claudiana | Peqin |
| Apollonia | Beside the village of Pojani (7 km W. of Fier) |
| Masio Scampa | Elbasan |
| Lychnidos | Ohrid |
| Heraclea Lyncestis | 2 km of Bitola |
| Florina | Florina |
| Edessa | Edessa |
| Pella | |
| Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki |
| Pydna | Might be the village of Kitros, 6 km S-W of modern Pydna |
| Amphipolis | |
| Philippi | 14 km N-W of Kavala |
| Neapolis | Kavala |
| Traianoupolis | Village of Loutrós 14 km N-E of Alexandroupolis |
| Kypsela | Ipsala |
| Aenus | Enez |
| Aproi (a.k.a. Apros, Apris, Aprī,...) | Village of Kermeyan |
| Perinthus, later Heraclea | Village of Marmaraereğlisi |
| Rhegion | Küçük Çekmece, 15 km W. of Istanbul |
| Adrianople | Edirne |
| Caenophrurium | Çorlu |
| Melantias | Unknown localization |
| Byzantium, later Constantinople | Istanbul |
