place
Candavia
A bleak mountainous district of Illyria on the Via Egnatia between Dyrrachium and Macedonia; proverbial for a desolate stretch of road.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §4.31.9 Candavia
A bleak mountainous district of Illyria crossed by the Via Egnatia between the Adriatic and Macedonia; a byword for a desolate stretch of road.