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2 unusual facts about Via Egnatia


Egnatia

Via Egnatia, an ancient Roman road in Illyria, Macedonia and Thrace

Via Egnatia

Starting at Dyrrachium (now Durrës) on the Adriatic Sea, the road followed a difficult route along the river Genusus (Shkumbin), over the Candaviae (Jablanica) mountains and thence to the highlands around Lake Ohrid.


Sanjak of Albania

An Ottoman force quickly marched into Albania along the Via Egnatia and routed Balša II in the Battle of Savra.


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