Ad Quintum

Ad Quintum (Albanian: Stacioni Romak) was an ancient settlement and a Roman thermal complex in Illyricum, near Bradashesh, present-day Albania.

The two branches of the first part of the Via Egnatia converged at Ad Quintum, then the road continued eastwards through the valley of the Shkumbin.

It was abandoned perhaps due to the civic development of nearby Scampa or to the reduced use of the road station.

However, the architectural spaces are well structured, including a large Nymphaeum, the frigidarium, the apodyterium, the tepidarium, the calidarium, the laconicum and the praefurnum.

The site was extensively excavated around 1968 which uncovered a fine Roman villa and a remarkably well-preserved thermae (bathhouse) taking advantage of the abundant springs nearby.

The ancient Roman Thermae of Ad Quintum.
Thermal complex.