Via Traiana Nova

• The Via Traiana Nova was a Roman Road based on the old King's Highway.
• This caravan road ran inland from Nile in Egypt to Damascus and Palmyra in Syria and on to the Euphrates.

Description

• The road was started 111 CE and completed between Bostra and Aqaba in 115 CE by the Emperor Trajan, as part of the preparations for Trajan's Parthian War (115 CE). The remainder was completed under Hadrian.
• The road was based on the ancient King's Highway, which connected the Euphrates in Mesopotamia with Heliopolis in Egypt.
• The Via Traiana Nova is distinct from the Via Traiana which was a Roman road in Italy.

The Camel Caravans

• The Camel Caravans were used to transport Goods along this route.

The Route

• • Resafa
    • on the Euphrates, also known as Sergiopolis or Anastasiopolis.
  • Palmyra, Syria.
  • Damascus, Syria.
  • Bostra, Arabia Petraea.
  • Rabba, Arabia Petraea.
  • Petra, Arabia Petraea.
  • Aqaba, Arabia Petraea.
  • Nekhl Fort, Egypt
  • Mitla Pass, Egypt.
  • Clysma, (Suez), Egypt.
  • Heliopolis, Egypt.

Limes Arabicus

• The Road was protected by a frontier fortification known as the Limes Arabicus.

Mitla Pass