Roman roads in Egypt at a glance
Egypt has about 17,008 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 407 segments. That puts it 5th among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 3% of it is classed as certain; 68% is conjectured and 29% is hypothetical. 3 roads here have a well-known name, and the longest is Via Hadriana. 297 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 17,008 kmof Roman road
- 407segments
- 3named roads
- 297Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 461 | 3% |
| Conjectured | 11,562 | 68% |
| Hypothetical | 4,986 | 29% |
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 Egypt
The longest is the Via Hadriana, with 825 km of it in Egypt.
| Road | Length in Egypt (km) |
|---|---|
| Via Hadriana | 825 |
| Via Maris | 227 |
| Hodos Myshormitike | 188 |
Roman places in Egypt
297 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. These 60 are the most important. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Cabalsi
- Wadi Belih
- Deir el-Atrash
- Memphis
- Panopolis
- Apollonopolis Magna
- Badia
- Contra Syenem
- Didymoi
- Latopolis
- Pelusium
- Semna
- Hibis
- Hydreuma to epi tou Paneiou
- Matula
- Paraetonium
- Quseima
- Berenice
- Klaudianon
- Myos Hormos?
- Syene
- Antinoopolis
- Diospolis Mikra
- Gypsaria?
- Kysis
- Nechesia?
- Qasrawet
- Qattar
- Tiberiane
- Umm Balad
- el-Qasr
- Abu Ghalqa
- Abu Greiya
- Abu Rahal
- Abu Zawal
- Abydos
- Ammon
- Bousiris
- Coptos
- Deir Kebir Wadi Ma'amal
- Herakleopolis
- Hermopolis Magna
- Hermopolis Mikra
- Kaine
- Kellis
- Krokodilopolis
- Lykopolis
- Mothis
- Oxyrhynchus
- Rhinocolura
- Shea'leq
- Sile
- Taya
- Terenouthis
- Vetus Hydreuma
- Wadi Safaga
- el-'Aras
- el-Saqqia
- Abu Gariya
- Alexandria
Towns near Roman roads in Egypt
These are the larger towns in Egypt 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.
- Cairo
- Alexandria
- Giza
- Shubrā al Khaymah
- Suez
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Egypt boundary. See all data sources and licences.
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Countries it shares roads with
- Palestine (shared: Via Maris)