About the Via Egnatia
The Via Egnatia is a Roman road about 1,165 km long in the Itiner-e atlas of ancient roads. It is mapped as 66 separate segments and crosses Greece, Turkey, Albania and North Macedonia. The longest stretch, 519 km (45%), is in Greece. 24 Roman places lie along it, from Constantinopolis to Byllis.
Only 5% of the Via Egnatia is classed as certain; 95% is conjectured.
- 1,165 kmlength
- 66segments
- 24Roman places
- 4countries
How sure are we where it ran?
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 62.5 | 5% |
| Conjectured | 1,103 | 95% |
| Hypothetical | 0 | 0% |
Certain: well documented, mapped to within about 50 to 200 m. Conjectured: known road, course less precisely documented. Hypothetical: route not pinned down, or existence uncertain.
Where the Via Egnatia goes
| Country | Length (km) |
|---|---|
| Greece | 519 |
| Turkey | 276 |
| Albania | 173 |
| North Macedonia | 109 |
Roman places along the Via Egnatia
In order along the route, from Constantinopolis to Byllis. Names are the Roman ones from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Constantinopolis
- Sely(m)bria
- Perinthus
- Bisanthe
- Aproi
- Kypsela
- Dymae
- Doriskos
- Traianoupolis
- Porsulae
- Neapolis (Kavalla)
- Krenides
- Amphipolis
- Apollonia
- Thessalonica
- Allante
- Pella
- Edessa (Macedonia)
- Herakleia
- Lychnidos
- Scampis
- Clodiana
- Dyrr(h)achium
- Byllis
Modern towns near the route
These towns and cities are within about 4 km of the road, in route order.
- Üsküdar (Türkiye)
- Eminönü (Türkiye)
- Istanbul (Türkiye)
- Fatih (Türkiye)
- Zeytinburnu (Türkiye)
- Merter Keresteciler (Türkiye)
- Güngören Merter (Türkiye)
- Bahçelievler (Türkiye)
- Küçükçekmece (Türkiye)
- Esenyurt (Türkiye)
- Beylikdüzü (Türkiye)
- Büyükçekmece (Türkiye)
- Kavaklı (Türkiye)
- Silivri (Türkiye)
- Tekirdağ (Türkiye)
- Alexandroupoli (Greece)
- Xánthi (Greece)
- Kavála (Greece)
- Thessaloníki (Greece)
- Évosmos (Greece)
- Bitola (North Macedonia)
- Elbasan (Albania)
- Durrës (Albania)
- Fier-Çifçi (Albania)
- Fier (Albania)
Source
Road name as recorded in the Itinerary field of Itiner-e (version 2024 1.3, doi:10.5281/zenodo.17122148). Sources most often cited by its 66 segments (segments citing each in brackets): [1] TIB 11 (31): Soustal, Peter (2022). Tabula Imperii Byzantini 11: Makedonien, südlicher Teil. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. [2] TIR Philippi (18): Avramea, Anna & Karanastassi, Pavlina (1993). Tabula Imperii Romani. K35, I, Philippi : d'après la carte international du monde au 1:1.000.000, K 35, Istambul. Académie d'Athènes, thens. [3] TIB 12 (18): Külzer, Andreas (2008). Tabula Imperii Byzantini 12: Ostthrakien (Europe). Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien.. Route lines: Itiner-e, CC BY 4.0. See all data sources and licences.