Ancient VIA EGNATIA
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During the Roman Empire, Via Egnatia was one of the most important roads stretching from Rome southeast across Italy to the coastal town of Egnazia. It continued across the Adriatic Sea to ancient Epidaunus in Albania, forming a ferry connection between the western and eastern coasts. Via Egnatia then crossed the Balkan Peninsula, passing through cities from Durres to Thessaloniki and connecting the western Mediterranean to Asia Minor and the Black Sea region.
Ancient VIA EGNATIA
- 2. During the Roman Empire, one of the two most important roads that started from the capital Rome was Via Egnatia, a substantial extension of Via Traiana. Starting from Rome and in the southeast direction, it traversed Puglia up to the coastal town of Gnathia (Egnazia), located between the port cities of Apulia Bari and Brindisi, and more specifically the cities of Monopoli and Fasano on the western sides of the Adriatic. The Italian peninsula road section was named Via Traiana in honour of the Roman emperor Trajan.
- 3. It was followed by its overseas extension from Jnathia on the opposite eastern side of the Adriatic to ancient Epidaunus, the present Dyrrachio, forming a kind of ferry between the western and eastern coasts of the Adriatic.
- 4. It crossed the Balkan Peninsula from the Eastern Adriatic to the Kypila, passing from Epidaamno (Durres), Lychnidos (Ohrid), Iraklia, Vevey, Pella, Thessaloniki, Amphipolis, Philippi, Topiro, Maximiliopolis, Sali and Traianoupoli, the western Mediterranean with the Aegean, the eastern Mediterranean, the Black Sea and finally Asia. Source: http://bit.ly/2Fsk47V