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.

Dec 25, 2017 · One such famous road that brought prosperity to a whole region, built in the second century BC, was called Via Egnatia. It connected Rome with the Eastern provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thrace. Those provinces are the territories of Albania, Macedonia, Greece and the European part of Turkey.

…commerce was conducted along the Via Egnatia, a great east-west land route that led from Dyrrhachium (modern Durrës, Albania) through Macedonia to Thessalonica (modern Thessaloníki, Greece) and on to Thrace.

Through mountains and valleys, along riverbeds, past lakes and seaside, villages and cities, the ancient Via Egnatia route goes 1000 km eastward to Istanbul. Parts of the old road have survived and are still there to enjoy for the observant hiker.

Via Egnatia was a Roman road that connected the Adriatic Sea with the Black Sea, running through modern-day Macedonia, Greece, and Albania. Via Egnatia was an important trade route that facilitated the movement of goods, people, and armies across the Roman Empire, and played a significant role in the historical development of the region.

The Via Egnatia was a 696 mile (1,120km) Roman Road that ran east west across in Greece. It started at Dyrrachium on the Adriatic, ran through Thessalonica and ended at Byzantium on the Bosphorus .

To the east of the city of Kavaja lay the so-called “Highway of the Balkans” used from antiquity to the late Middle Ages, Via Egnatia. Built by the Romans in the c. II AD the beginning of which was the ancient city of Dyrrachium, today’s Durrës, which is only 20 km north of Kavaja.

Via Egnatia is part of the pilgrim's route Rome - Jerusalem. A walk through the Balkans! What has this 2000 year old road been through? In whose footsteps you follow? The Via Egnatia as a mirror of history. You can find remains from the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods.

After Byzantium had become the capital of the eastern half of the Roman Empire, a special gate was made for the Via Egnatia, called the Golden Gate. It was used for the triumphal entries of the Byzantine emperors.

La Via Egnatia o Via Ignazia (greco: Ἐγνατία Ὁδός Egnatía Hodós) era un'antica strada romana la cui costruzione (nel 146 a.C.) è da collegare ad un certo Egnatius, [1] (presumibilmente Gneo Egnazio, proconsole di Macedonia) da cui prese il nome. [2]