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Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gnaeus Egnatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. The road stretched across Illyria, Macedonia, and Thrace, running across modern Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey. It was constructed in order to link up different Roman colonies from the Adriatic Sea to Byzantium.
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Bitola ( Turkish and Greek Monastir ) is a city in the present day Republic of Macedonia. As Heraclea Lyncestis, founded by Philip II of Macedon, it was a major city during the Roman Empire, lying on the Via Egnatia. Later it was settled by slavonic peoples and in 1395 it was conquered by Ottoman...
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Via Egnatia , which connected the Adriatic port Dyrrachion (today Durrës) with Byzantion...
important trade center near the junction of two branches of the Via Egnatia coming from Apollonia and...
List of French routes List of departmental roads in France Greece Via Egnatia List of Greek roads...
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