Via Egnatia

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Roman road ancient road

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Via Egnatia canonical 19
Via Egnatia network 2
Via Egnatia corridor 1

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

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman roads → hasPart → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Philippi → crossedBy → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Nikopolis → hasRoadConnection → Via Egnatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Via Egnatia network
Durrës → locatedOn → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Alexandroupoli → locatedOn → Via Egnatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Via Egnatia corridor
Amphipolis → onAncientRoad → Via Egnatia ⓘ
province of Macedonia → traversedBy → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Dyrrhachium → connectedBy → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Neapolis (Kavala) → locatedOn → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Egnatia Odos (Greek motorway) → followsRouteOf → Via Egnatia ⓘ
subject surface form: Egnatia Odos
Egnatia Odos (Greek motorway) → namedAfter → Via Egnatia ⓘ
subject surface form: Egnatia Odos
Egnatia Odos (Greek motorway) → GreekName → Via Egnatia ⓘ
subject surface form: Egnatia Odos
this entity surface form: Εγνατία Οδός
Traianopolis → locatedOn → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Lychnidus → locatedOn → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Lychnidus → partOf → Via Egnatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Via Egnatia network
Heraclea Lyncestis → onRoute → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Gnaeus Egnatius → notableWork → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Neapolis → onRoute → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Neapolis → associatedWith → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis → strategicLocation → Via Egnatia ⓘ
Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis → connectedBy → Via Egnatia ⓘ
theatre of Philippi → locatedNear → Via Egnatia ⓘ
subject surface form: Theatre of Philippi
Archaeological Sites of Philippi → hasPart → Via Egnatia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Via Egnatia segment at Philippi
Archaeological Sites of Philippi → associatedWith → Via Egnatia ⓘ