place
Candavia
also: Candaviam, Candavia, ad imam Candaviam
A mountain range and pass on the Via Egnatia in Illyria/Epirus (modern Albanian highlands east of Dyrrachium); Brutus's camp at its foot on 19 May 43 BC marks his position advancing eastward toward Macedonia.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 3.7 §3 Candavia
The mountainous stretch of the Via Egnatia between Dyrrachium and Macedonia. The overland alternative to halting in Epirus.