Via Pontica

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Via Pontica

Via Pontica was an ancient Roman road

Roman road

The Roman roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move Military history of ancient Rome and Roman commerce goods and to communicate news....
in Thrace

Thrace

Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. Today the name Thrace designates a region spread over southern Bulgaria , northeastern Greece , and European Turkey ....
along the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
, starting from Byzantium

Byzantium

Byzantium was an Ancient Greece city, which was founded by Greeks colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas ....
and passing through Mesambria, Apollonia

Apollonia

Apollonia may be:People:*Saint Apollonia, of Alexandria*Apollonia Kotero, musician & actressPlaces::In Albania::In Bulgaria::In Greece::* Apollonia , an inland city in Epirus, founded by Corinth.:* Apollonia , an inland city near modern Apollonia, Thessaloniki, visited by the apostle Paul:* Apollonia , a coastal city near Th...
, Odessos

Odessos

Odessos is:* The ancient Milesians colony in Varna, Bulgaria.* The Greek name for Odessa, Ukraine....
, Byzone

Kavarna

Kavarna is a Bulgarian Black Sea Coast town and seaside resort in the Dobruja region of northeastern Bulgaria. It lies 64 km northeast of Varna and 49 km from Dobrich on the international road E87....
(today in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
), Kallatis

Mangalia

Mangalia is a city and a port on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanta County.The following resorts are administered by the Mangalia municipality:...
, Tomi

Constanta

Constanta is the oldest living city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located on the Black Sea coast. Constan?a is part of the group of four equal size cities which ranks after Bucharest, Romania's capital, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca and Ia?i....
and Istros

Histria (Sinoe)

Ancient Histria or Istros , was a Greek colony or polis on the Black Sea coast, established by Milesian settlers to trade with the native Getae....
(today in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
).

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