Egnatian Way

Or Via Egnatia, A 1,120 kilometer (696 miles) road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC which crossed Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thracia (Thrace), which are today’s Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, and the European part of Türkiye (Thrace). Depending on the terrain, it was 10 to 30 feet wide and had stations at various intervals to change pack animals, get provisions, and stay the night. Its purpose was to link a chain of Roman colonies from the Adriatic Sea to the Bosphorus and make it easier to reach Rome. It was named after the man who ordered its construction, Gnaeus Egnatius, Proconsul of Macedonia. It was used by the Apostle Paul on his second missionary journey as he traveled from Philippi to Thessalonica (Acts 16-17).