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The Overland Road East
Location
The Horse Route Between Corinth and Lampsacus
Historical Accuracy
The manuscript does not assign modern city names to each stage of this passage. Represented as a historically inspired road corridor rather than invented stops; use a route-type marker or connecting path on the map, not a city pin.
Historical Significance
Sources:
General background on Byzantine-era overland travel in Greece and Asia Minor.
This route is a central part of the journey and should not be replaced by a direct sea line from Corinth to Constantinople — it shows the human cost of the catastrophe beyond the imperial capital.
Historical Era
540 AD · Byzantine Empire
Book II
Novel Canon Role:
The company travels through winter conditions, faces hunger and danger, encounters suffering villagers, and senses hostile forces drawn to the Cauldron. Their progress toward Lampsacus is physically and spiritually difficult.
540 AD · Byzantine Empire
Story-route page, not a city page — shown as a connecting path on the map rather than a numbered node.
Connects Corinth to Lampsacus overland.
Unnamed camps, roads, and plague-stricken fields may appear as environmental scenes without creating false location nodes.
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