Via Egnatia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Roman road running across the Balkan peninsula, from Dyrrachium to Byzantium.

Word forms

Via Egnatia

Etymology

Named for Gnaeus Egnatius, the Roman proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction.

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