Via Egnatia
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Via Egnatia was a major Roman road that connected the Adriatic coast to Byzantium (modern Istanbul), facilitating military movement, trade, and cultural exchange across the Balkans.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman road
ⓘ
ancient road ⓘ |
| connects |
Adriatic coast
ⓘ
Byzantium ⓘ Brundisium ⓘ
surface form:
Rome (via sea link from Dyrrhachium)
|
| connectsWith | Via Appia ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 2nd century BC ⓘ |
| country |
Albania
ⓘ
surface form:
Albania (modern territory)
Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Greece (modern territory)
North Macedonia ⓘ
surface form:
North Macedonia (modern territory)
Turkey ⓘ
surface form:
Turkey (modern territory)
|
| crosses |
Balkans
ⓘ
surface form:
Balkan Peninsula
|
| endPoint |
Byzantium
ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
Istanbul ⓘ |
| follows |
Adriatic coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Adriatic Sea coast (western terminus)
|
| historicalPeriod |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman period
Roman period ⓘ |
| influenced | urban development along its route ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Balkans
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent | Egnatia Odos (Greek motorway) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gnaeus Egnatius ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman roads
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman road network
overland route between Western and Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Adrianople
ⓘ
surface form:
Adrianople (Hadrianopolis)
Amphipolis ⓘ Apollonia (Illyria) ⓘ Dyrrhachium ⓘ Edessa ⓘ
surface form:
Edessa (Macedonia)
Heraclea Lyncestis ⓘ Lychnidus ⓘ Neapolis (Kavala) ⓘ Pella, Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Pella
Philippi ⓘ Salonika ⓘ
surface form:
Thessalonica
Traianopolis ⓘ |
| startPoint |
Apollonia (Illyria)
ⓘ
Dyrrhachium ⓘ |
| use |
administrative communication
ⓘ
cultural exchange ⓘ military movement ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman legion ⓘ
surface form:
Roman legions
|