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data-pid="6" class="sc">Marketplace of Appius</p> </li> <li><p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="sc"><em>Appian Way</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="sc">Puteoli</p> </li> <li><p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="sc">ITALY</p> </li> <li><p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="sc">Dyrrachium</p> </li> <li><p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="sc">Apollonia</p> </li> <li><p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="sc">Brundisium</p> </li> <li><p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sc">ILLYRICUM</p> </li> <li><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sc">DALMATIA</p> </li> <li><p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sc">MACEDONIA</p> </li> <li><p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sc">Neapolis</p> </li> <li><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sc">Philippi</p> </li> <li><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sc">Amphipolis</p> </li> <li><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sc">Thessalonica</p> </li> <li><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sc">Beroea</p> </li> <li><p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sc">Apollonia</p> </li> <li><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sc"><em>GREECE</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sc">Nicopolis</p> </li> <li><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sc">Rhegium</p> </li> <li><p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sc"><em>Sicily</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sc">Syracuse</p> </li> <li><p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sc"><em>Sea of Adria</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sc">Athens</p> </li> <li><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sc">Corinth</p> </li> <li><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sc">Cenchreae</p> </li> <li><p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sc">ACHAIA</p> </li> <li><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sc"><em>Malta</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sc"><em>Crete</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sc">Phoenix</p> </li> <li><p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sc"><em>Cauda</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sc">Fair Havens</p> </li> <li><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sc"><em>Syrtis</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sc">Cyrene</p> </li> <li><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sc">LIBYA</p> </li> <li><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sc"><em>MEDITERRANEAN SEA</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sc"><em>Black Sea</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sc"><em>Egnatian Way</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sc">BITHYNIA</p> </li> <li><p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sc"><em>PONTUS</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sc"><em>Samothrace</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sc"><em>MYSIA</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sc">Troas</p> </li> <li><p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sc">Adramyttium</p> </li> <li><p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sc">Assos</p> </li> <li><p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sc">Pergamum</p> </li> <li><p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sc">Mitylene</p> </li> <li><p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sc">Thyatira</p> </li> <li><p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sc"><em>PHRYGIA</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sc">GALATIA</p> </li> <li><p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="sc"><em>Chios</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="sc">Sardis</p> </li> <li><p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="sc">ASIA</p> </li> <li><p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sc">CAPPADOCIA</p> </li> <li><p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sc">Smyrna</p> </li> <li><p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sc">Philadelphia</p> </li> <li><p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sc">Antioch (of Pisidia)</p> </li> <li><p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sc"><em>Samos</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sc">Ephesus</p> </li> <li><p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sc">Laodicea</p> </li> <li><p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sc">Colossae</p> </li> <li><p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="sc">Lystra</p> </li> <li><p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="sc">Iconium</p> </li> <li><p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="sc"><em>LYCAONIA</em></p> </li> <li><p id="p69" data-pid="69" 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