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Via Nova Traiana

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, S.T. Parker
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Apr 13, 2026 11:30 AM — History
The Via Nova Traiana is a Roman road built along the Limes Arabicus during the reigns of the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. The route may supersede an earlier one known as the "Via Regia" or "King's Highway", a route of communication and transhumance in use since the Neolithic period.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/147882288

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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 D5 and 71 B2 Via Nova Traiana

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Madaba → Philadelpheia; Philadelpheia → Map 69; Madaba → Petra; Betthorus → Castra Mefaa → Philadelpheia; Da'janiya → Dhat Ras; Esbous → Livias → Hierichous; Mortuum Mare → Via Nova Traiana; Mothous → Arindela; Petra region; Philadelpheia → Gerasa (Map 69). For Barrington Atlas map 69, Adra(h)a → Kapitolias; Adra(h)a → Gerasa → S; Ake → Bethsaida → Kochaba; Ake → Legio → Ginai(a) → Samaria → Khirbet et Tira; Ake → Sepphoris; Apollonia → SE; Berytus → Heliopolis; Bostra → Adra(h)a; Bostra → Gerasa; Bostra → Nelkomia; Bostra → Triacome → Mothana → S; Buraq → Dionysias; Caesarea → Gaba Philippi; Caesarea → Kapharsaba → Antipatris (Map 70); Caesarea → Legio → Scythopolis; Caesarea → Neapolis → Korea(i); Caesarea → Scythopolis via Ginai(a); coast road; Damascus → Casama; Dionysias → Canatha → Nelkomia; Dionysias → Salamanestha; el-Ghassule; Gadara → Pella → Asophon → S; Gadara → Scythopolis; Gadara → Tiberias; Heliopolis → Damascus; Heliopolis → N; Khan el-Abyad → Thelseae → Damascus → Aere → Neue → S; Nejha; Palaibyblos → Sidon → Caesarea → Apollonia; Paneas → Bethsaida; Phaine → *Airita → Dionysias → Bostra; S → Gerasa → Pella → Scythopolis; Tiberias → Bethsaida → Hippos → Sennabris Tiberias → Sepphoris → Legio; Tricomia → Umm al-Quttein → S; Tyrus → Paneas → Damascus; Via Nova Traiana → Umm al-Jimal

The Via Nova Traiana is marked on two maps in the Barrington Atlas, namely 69 D5 and 71 B2.


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E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, S.T. Parker, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Via Nova Traiana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/147882288> [accessed: 19 May 2026] 

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