Ad Quintum

A Roman Via Egnatia station near Elbasan, with excavated baths and roadside remains.

Ad Quintum is one of the places around Elbasan where the Via Egnatia stops being an abstract Roman road and becomes visible on the ground. The site was a road station on the route between the Adriatic and Byzantium, with remains that include baths and service buildings.

It is a modest archaeological stop, not a polished ruin complex, but that is part of its appeal. Visit if you are interested in Roman infrastructure or want to understand why Elbasan mattered: this valley was a corridor, and Ad Quintum was one of the working places that kept traffic moving through it.

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