- Via Militaris
Via Militaris or Via Diagonalis was an ancient
Roman road , starting from Sigindunum (todaySerbia n capitalBelgrade ), passing through Naissus (todayNis inSerbia ), Serdica (todayBulgaria n capitalSofia ), Adrianopolis (todayEdirne inTurkey ), and reachingConstantinople . This road was connected withVia Egnatia by other roads - the road along river Axios (todayVardar inGreece andRepublic of Macedonia ), the roadSerdica -Thessalonica along river Strimon (todayStruma inBulgaria andGreece ), the road Phillipopolis (todayPlovdiv inBulgaria ) - Phillipi.References
*Stephen Mitchell: "The administration of Roman Asia from 133 BE to AD 250" in "Lokale Autonomie und römische Ordnungsmacht in den kaiserzeitlichen Provinzen vom 1. Bis 3. Jahrhundert" (Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag 1999, ISBN 3486563858, S. 18) ( [http://books.google.de/books?id=yc9BSKZGcM4C restricted online version (Google Books)] )
*Fred Singleton, Frederick Bernard Singleton: "A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples". Cambridge University Press 1985,ISBN 0521274850, S. 12 [http://books.google.de/books?id=qTLSZ3ucaZMC restricted online version (Google Books)] )
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