Candavia
Candāvĭa, ae, f., = Κανδαουία,
- a mountainous district in Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 11; 3, 79; Sen. Ep. 31, 8; Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145; Cic. Att. 3, 7, 3; Luc. 6, 331.
Candavia — Candavia (Illyria), Pleiades 481781
Candāvia, ae, f. (Κανδαουΐα), eine rauhe, unwirtliche Gebirgsgegend Illyriens, durch die die egnatische Straße führte, Caes. b. c. 3, 11, 2 u. 79, 3. Cic. ad Att. 3, 7, 3; ad Brut. 1, 6, 4. Lucan. 6, 331: deserta Candaviae, Sen. ep. 31, 9.
Candāvĭa, (14) æ, f. (Κανδαουία), province de Macédoine : Cic. Att. 3, 7, 3.
CANDAVIA
CANDA´VIA (Κανδαια, Hierosol. Itin.; Peut. Tab.: Elbassán), a mountain of Illyria. The Egnatian Way, commencing at Dyrrhachium, crossed this mountain, which lies between the sources of the river Genusus and the lake Lychnitis, and was called from this Via Candavia. (Strab. 7. p. 323.) Its distance from Dyrrhachium was 87 M. P. (Plin. Nat. 3.33; comp. Cic. ad Att. 3.7; Caes. B.C. 3.79; Sen. Ep. xxxi.) Colonel Leake (Northern Greece, vol. 1. p. 343, 3. p. 280) found its bearing N. 23 W. by compass.
[E.B.J]Candavia
(Κανδαοΰια), Candavii Montes. The mountains separating Illyricum from Macedonia, across which the Via Egnatia ran.