Roman roads in North Macedonia at a glance
North Macedonia has about 1,251 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 39 segments. That puts it 29th among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 2% of it is classed as certain; 98% is conjectured. One road here has a well-known name, and the longest is Via Egnatia. 43 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 1,251 kmof Roman road
- 39segments
- 1named road
- 43Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 20.2 | 2% |
| Conjectured | 1,231 | 98% |
| Hypothetical | 0 | 0% |
Certain: well documented, mapped to within about 50 to 200 m. Conjectured: known road, course less precisely documented. Hypothetical: route not pinned down, or existence uncertain.
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Named Roman roads in North Macedonia
The longest is the Via Egnatia, with 109 km of it in North Macedonia.
| Road | Length in North Macedonia (km) |
|---|---|
| Via Egnatia | 109 |
Roman places in North Macedonia
43 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Scupi
- Stobi
- Lychnidos
- Gortynia
- Herakleia
- Rabrovo
- Tiberia
- Kolobaise
- Astibos
- Ceramia(e)?
- Stuberra
- (E)Idomene
- Adcephalon
- Alkomena
- Antigoneia?
- Astraia?
- Audaristos
- Beranci
- Berovo
- Brucida
- Bryanion
- Castra
- Claudanon
- Demir Kapija
- Doljani
- Grizilevci
- Grnčište
- Gujinovci
- Gurbita
- Kosturino
- Laki
- Lojane
- Nicia
- Novi Dojran
- Openica
- Pirava
- Scirtiana
- Smojmirovo
- Stenas
- Teranci
- Tranupara
- Trebenishte
- Vinica
Towns near Roman roads in North Macedonia
These are the larger towns in North Macedonia that lie within 5 km of a Roman road line on the map (not counting the hypothetical lines). Being close to a Roman road does not make a town Roman, but it shows where the old routes still pass by today.
- Skopje
- Kumanovo
- Prilep
- Bitola
- Čair
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the North Macedonia boundary. See all data sources and licences.