NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Greek National Road 2

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, the 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. Image File history File links Picture showing the Via Egnatia This picture was made by myself, using this map: , which is public domain File links The following pages link to this file: Via Egnatia ... Image File history File links Picture showing the Via Egnatia This picture was made by myself, using this map: , which is public domain File links The following pages link to this file: Via Egnatia ... A Roman road in Pompeii The Romans, for military, commercial and political reasons, became adept at constructing roads, which they called viae (plural of singular via). ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC - 140s BC - 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC Years: 151 BC 150 BC 149 BC 148 BC 147 BC - 146 BC - 145 BC 144 BC... Gnaeus Egnatius was a proconsul during the Roman Republic. ... For the Miocene ape, see Proconsul (genus) Under the Roman Empire a proconsul was a promagistrate filling the office of a consul. ... This article is about an ancient civilization in southeastern Europe; see also Illyria (software), Illyria (character in the TV series Angel). ... Thrace (Greek Î˜Ïá¾´ÎºÎ·, ThrÃ¡kÄ“, Bulgarian Ð¢Ñ€Ð°ÐºÐ¸Ñ, Trakija, Turkish Trakya; Latin: Thracia or Threcia) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe spread over southern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece (Western Thrace), and European Turkey. ... The Adriatic Sea Source: NASA The Adriatic Sea (Italian Mare Adriatico, German Adriatisches Meer or Adria, Slovenian Jadransko morje or Jadran, Croatian Jadransko more or Jadran, Serbian ÐˆÐ°Ð´Ñ€Ð°Ð½ÑÐºÐ¾ Ð¼Ð¾Ñ€Ðµ or ÐˆÐ°Ð´Ñ€Ð°Ð½, Albanian Deti Adriatik) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system... Byzantium was an ancient Greek city-state, founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas. ...

The Via Egnatia was repaired and expanded several times. It remained an important commercial and strategic route for centuries, and was one of the most important roads in the Byzantine Empire, connecting Dyrrhachium (present-day Durrës) on the Adriatic with Thessalonica (Thessaloniki), Adrianople (Edirne), and finally Constantinople (Istanbul) on the Bosporus. Almost all Byzantine overland trade with western Europe travelled along the Via Egnatia. During the Crusades, armies travelling to the east by land followed the road to Constantinople before crossing into Asia Minor. In the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, control of the road was vital for the survival of the Latin Empire as well as the Byzantine successor states the Empire of Nicaea and the Despotate of Epirus. Byzantine Empire (Greek: Î’Î±ÏƒÎ¹Î»ÎµÎ¯Î± á¿¬Ï‰Î¼Î±Î¯Ï‰Î½) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... The Greek city of Epidamnos (Strabo Geography vi. ... DurrÃ«s (Italian: Durazzo; see also different names) is the most ancient and one of the most economically important important cities of Albania. ... The White Tower The Arch of Galerius Map showing the Thessaloníki prefecture Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... Edirne is a city in (Thrace), the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. ... Selimiye Mosque, built by Sinan in 1575 Edirne is a city in Thrace, the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. ... Map of Constantinople. ... The location of Istanbul Province Maiden Tower and Historical Peninsula of Istanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul, Greek: ÎšÏ‰Î½ÏƒÏ„Î±Î½Ï„Î¹Î½Î¿ÏÏ€Î¿Î»Î¹Ï‚, Constantinople) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... Bosporus - photo taken from International Space Station. ... This article is about the medieval crusades. ... Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. ... The Fourth Crusade (1202â€“1204), originally designed to conquer Jerusalem by taking Egypt first, instead, in 1204, conquered and sacked the Orthodox Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. ... The Latin Empire, Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus. ... The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the states founded by refugees from the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople was conquered during the Fourth Crusade. ... The Despotate of Epirus was one of the medieval Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire, founded in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. ...

In the 1990s, construction began on a modern Egnatia in Greece. The new highway, with a total length of 680 km, (currently 85% complete) begins at the Greek-Turkish border on the Evros river and, after 76 tunnels of 99 km combined length and 1650 bridges, ends at the western Greek port of Igoumenitsa, which is connected to the ports of Brindisi, Bari, Ancona and Venice, Italy by ferry boats. From Evros to Thessaloniki, the new highway closely parallels the ancient route, sometimes even coinciding with it. Its international designation is E90; after many delays it is now expected to be fully complete by 2008. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... The Maritsa or Evros (Bulgarian: ÐœÐ°Ñ€Ð¸Ñ†Ð°, Greek: Î•Î²ÏÎ¿Ï‚, Romanized as Hebrus, Turkish: MeriÃ§) river is ca . ... Igoumenitsa (Greek: Î—Î³Î¿Ï…Î¼ÎµÎ½Î¯Ï„ÏƒÎ±) is a coastal city in north-western Greece. ... Categories: Italy-related stubs | Towns in Puglia ... Region Apulia Mayor Michele Emiliano Area 116 kmÂ² Population - City (2004) - Density 316. ... Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of northeastern Italy, population 100,507 (2001). ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) 45Â°26â€²N 12Â°19â€²E, the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice in Italy. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...

External links

Categories: Roman roads | Roman roads in Greece and Macedonia | Byzantine Empire ImageMetadata File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The following is a list of Greek Highways. ... Greek National Road 1 is one of the longest highways in Greece. ... Greek National Road 7 is a north-to-south highway that runs from Kalamata in the south and ends in Corinth in the north. ... Greek National Road 9 is the second-longest national highway that runs into the Peloponnese. ... Greek National Road 33 is a highway that runs from Patras, originally at Dimitris Gounaris Street, now begins at the beltway, and had a branch ending at Olympia, and ends near Vytina, and LevÃdi, and some think it still ends at Ellinikon near Andritsaina and Megalopolis. ... Greek National Road 74 is a highway linking Pyrgos, Olympia, Tripoli and GR-7/E65. ... Greek National Road 76 (Pyrgos - Andritsaina - Megalopoli) is an west to east highway linking 2 km W of Krestena with GR-9/E55, Andritsaina and SE of Megalopoli (until 2003, in Megalopoli). ... Greek National Road 82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparti) is a west to east highway linking Pylos with the GR-9/E55, Kalamata and downtown Sparta with GR-37/E???. The highway begins in downtown Pylos and runs through the southwestern part of Messenia and through curvy roads and through Lykodimos and...

External links GA_googleFillSlot("encyclopedia_square");

External links