Via Egnatia, an ancient Roman road in Illyria, Macedonia and Thrace
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.
Egnatia | Egnatia, Thessaloniki | Egnatia, Ioannina | Via Egnatia |
An Ottoman force quickly marched into Albania along the Via Egnatia and routed Balša II in the Battle of Savra.