Viciana was a stopping place for caravans that travelled the Lissus–Naissus route, one of the most important Roman roads. The route started fromLezha (Lissus) on theAdriatic coast, went through theDrin river valley, crossed throughDardania, and continued toNiš (Naissus).[3]
The location is unclear. It has been theorized to have been somewhere in the Kosovo field or in the present-day city ofVushtrri or its surrounding areas.[4] In addition, approximately 4 km south of Vushtrri, in the village of Pestovë, there are the archaeological ruins of the Roman villa known as Vila rustica,Pestova (archaeological site).[1][5][6][7]
Viciano as a road station is recorded in theTabula Peuntingeriana map, a medieval (15th century) map and copy of a 3rd-century Roman map showing this same itinerary.[8][better source needed]
^Gjocaj, Zenun, et al., eds. (2003).Vushtrria - Viciana me rrethinë [Vushtrri - Viciana and its surroundings] (in Albanian). Prishtina: Kuvendi Komunal i Vushtrrisë (Municipal Assembly of Vushtrri). pp. 43–55.OL27940463M.
^Domaszewski, A. (1889). "Die Grenzen von Moesia Superior und der IllyrischeGrenzzoll". Vienna: Archäologisch-epigraphische Mitteilungen aus Österreich-Ungarn, XIII, 140–145.
^Milot Berisha,Kosovo Archaeological Guide, Prishtinë, Kosovo Archaeological Institute and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, 2012, Pg.72.
Exhlale Dobruna-Salihu, «Problem of the location of the station Viciano», Materijali arheoloskog dru$tva Jugoslavije, xvii, 1978 [publ. 1980], pp. 163–167. 15529.
Zef Mirdita, «Probleme de la reconstruction du tracé de la route Vicianum-Gabu- ...
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