For other uses, see Egnatia Motorway; Egnatia Street, Thessaloniki; and Egnatia Street (disambiguation).
Via Egnatia / Ἐγνατία Ὁδός
Route of the Via Egnatia
Location
Dyrrachium to Byzantium (later Constantinople)
Type
Roman road
History
Builder
Roman Republic, Gnaeus Egnatius proconsul of Macedonia
Periods
2nd century BC
Ancient Via Egnatia in Kavala (Neapolis)Remains of Via Egnatia near RadozdaVia Egnatia by Resen in North Macedonia, now part of A-3 motorway
The Via Egnatia was a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. It crossed Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thracia, running through territory that is now part of modern Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, and European Turkey as a continuation of the Via Appia.
Starting at Dyrrachium (now Durrës) on the Adriatic Sea, the road followed a difficult route along the river Genusus (Shkumbin), over the Candaviae (Jablanica) mountains and thence to the highlands around Lake Ohrid. It then turned by parts south, following several high mountain passes to reach the northern coastline of the Aegean Sea at Thessalonica. From there it ran through Thrace to the city of Byzantium (later Constantinople, now Istanbul).[1] It covered a total distance of about 1,120 km (696 miles/746 Roman miles). Like other major Roman roads, it was about six metres (19.6 ft) wide, paved with large polygonal stone slabs or covered with a hard layer of sand.[2]
^Richard J. A. Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman world: Map-by-Map Directory, p. 749. Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-691-04945-9.
^Elena Koytcheva, "Logistical problems for the movement of the early crusaders through the Balkans: transport and road systems", p. 54 in Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, ed. Elizabeth Jeffreys. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, 2006. ISBN 0-7546-5740-X.
The ViaEgnatia was a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. It crossed Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thracia, running through territory that...
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13 August 2012. "ViaEgnatia". Crandall University. Archived from the original on 20 March 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2012. "ViaEgnatia: a journey across...
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Junkut t' Scocniis ... N'Sckoder t' Scc...pniis. Retrieved 23 July 2016 – via Internet Archive. Howe, T. (2017). "Plain tales from the hills: Illyrian...
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