About the web page
Welcome to the web page about the Roman Road of Via Egnatia in Macedonia. This web page is dedicated solely to the section of the Roman Road Via Egnatia passing through Macedonia.
The intention of this web page is to help visitors of Macedonia to discover the remnants of the Roman Road Via Egnatia.
About the road
The Roman Road Via Egnatia was the first Roman road built outside of Rome, the road that connected Rome with the newly conquered territories in the East. It was stated to be built by the Roman Proconsular Governor Gnaeus Egnatius, thus the name Via Egnatia. The construction begun in 146 BC and ended in 120 BC. It was first built from the Adriatic sea to the city of Thessalonica by Egnatius, and later continued onwards to Constantinopolis.