The confusing surfeit of roads east of Chalcis has never been conclusively explained. The trend in scholarship has been to see the series Cani - Bersera - Bathna as a duplication of the names Calcida - Berya - Bannis.
Talbert backs this with respect to the first two place-names, but seems agnostic about Bannis (see TPP2379, TPP2435 and TPP2436): "Calcida, Berya and the route to Bathna evidently make a second appearance on the route immediately below (as Cani, Bersera)."
Dussaud (1927) argued that Bannis and Thiltavri were false replications by the chart-maker of two place-labels belonging to an itinerary on the opposite bank of the Euphates, Batnis and Thiar:
Talbert backs this with respect to the first two place-names, but seems agnostic about Bannis (see TPP2379, TPP2435 and TPP2436): "Calcida, Berya and the route to Bathna evidently make a second appearance on the route immediately below (as Cani, Bersera)."
Dussaud (1927) argued that Bannis and Thiltavri were false replications by the chart-maker of two place-labels belonging to an itinerary on the opposite bank of the Euphates, Batnis and Thiar:
Signalons ici une erreur de la Table de Peutinger dans la route d’Antioche à Zeugma. Il faut lire Emma (‛Imm) — Calcis (Qinnesrin) — Beroea (Alep) — Bathnae (ms. Bannis) — Hierapoli (Menbidj) — Zeugma (Balkis), en supprimant Thiltauri et Bathna qui sont empruntés à la route de Zeugma à Edesse (Thiltauri pour Thiar ou Daiara, et Bathna pour Bathnae-Seroudj).I have not ventured any emendation in the animated edition. However the abstract shows the Calcida - Berya - Bannis route as duplicated, in both green and brown.
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