During the Roman Empire, Via Egnatia was one of the most important roads stretching from Rome southeast across Italy to the coastal town of Egnazia. It continued across the Adriatic Sea to ancient Epidaunus in Albania, forming a ferry connection between the western and eastern coasts. Via Egnatia then crossed the Balkan Peninsula, passing through cities from Durres to Thessaloniki and connecting the western Mediterranean to Asia Minor and the Black Sea region.

2. During the Roman Empire, one of the two
most important roads that started from the
capital Rome was Via Egnatia, a substantial
extension of Via Traiana. Starting from
Rome and in the southeast direction, it
traversed Puglia up to the coastal town of
Gnathia (Egnazia), located between the port
cities of Apulia Bari and Brindisi, and more
specifically the cities of Monopoli and
Fasano on the western sides of the Adriatic.
The Italian peninsula road section was
named Via Traiana in honour of the Roman
emperor Trajan.

3. It was followed by its
overseas extension
from Jnathia on the
opposite eastern side of
the Adriatic to ancient
Epidaunus, the present
Dyrrachio, forming a
kind of ferry between
the western and eastern
coasts of the Adriatic.

4.  It crossed the Balkan Peninsula from the Eastern Adriatic to the
Kypila, passing from Epidaamno (Durres), Lychnidos (Ohrid),
Iraklia, Vevey, Pella, Thessaloniki, Amphipolis, Philippi, Topiro,
Maximiliopolis, Sali and Traianoupoli, the western Mediterranean
with the Aegean, the eastern Mediterranean, the Black Sea and
finally Asia.
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