Roman roads in Bulgaria at a glance
Bulgaria has about 9,812 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 468 segments. That puts it 11th among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 0.3% of it is classed as certain; 97% is conjectured and 3% is hypothetical. None of the roads here has a well-known name in the data, so the map shows unnamed Roman roads only. 122 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 9,812 kmof Roman road
- 468segments
- 0named roads
- 122Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 30.7 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 9,508 | 97% |
| Hypothetical | 273 | 3% |
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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Roman places in Bulgaria
122 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. These 60 are the most important. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Philippopolis
- Serdica
- Nicopolis ad Istrum
- Oescus
- Ratiaria
- Beroe
- Montana
- Bononia
- Daskalovo
- Deultum
- Egerica
- Kărdžali
- Nicopolis ad Nestum
- Sucidava
- Vratsa
- Herakleia Sintike
- Pautalia
- Sostra
- Bukovče
- Marcianopolis
- Melta
- Vicus Trullensium
- Augustae
- Bourdepa
- Carassura
- Combustica
- Dimum
- Dorticum
- Emporium Discoduraterae
- Harmanli
- Izlaz
- Kabyle
- Ljutibrod
- Marchevo
- Mezdra
- Novae
- Odessus
- Opletnja
- Paroikopolis
- Sexaginta Prista
- Spinopara
- Dionysopolis
- Meldia
- Mesembria
- Arzus
- Doriones
- Iatrus
- Makresh
- Sub Radices
- Ablanica Rodopi
- Abrittus
- Ad Putea
- Almus
- Altimir
- Appiaria
- Asamus
- Aulaiouteichos
- Ballanstra
- Bessapara
- Bizone
Towns near Roman roads in Bulgaria
These are the larger towns in Bulgaria 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.
- Sofia
- Plovdiv
- Varna
- Burgas
- Stara Zagora
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Bulgaria boundary. See all data sources and licences.