Via Egnatia

Summary

Via Egnatia is a military road^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of military_road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Via Egnatia is located in Durrës^[3].
• Via Egnatia is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Via Egnatia's image is recorded as Via Egnatia map.svg^[5].
• Via Egnatia's instance of is recorded as military road^[6].
• Via Egnatia's instance of is recorded as Roman road^[7].
• Gnaeus Egnatius is named after Via Egnatia^[8].
• Via Egnatia's locator map image is recorded as Via Egnatia locator map.svg^[9].
• Via Egnatia's Commons category is recorded as Via Egnatia^[10].
• Via Egnatia's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9383200^[11].
• Via Egnatia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rh4v^[12].
• Via Egnatia's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge194459^[13].
• Via Egnatia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Via Egnatia^[14].
• Via Egnatia's page banner is recorded as Via Egnatia Banner.jpg^[15].
• Via Egnatia's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[16].
• Via Egnatia's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Via-Egnatia^[17].
• Via Egnatia's Pleiades ID is recorded as 196789404^[18].
• Via Egnatia's BBC Things ID is recorded as 3afdf293-e519-47bc-91ba-9612d5b13963^[19].
• Via Egnatia's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 8713927^[20].
• Via Egnatia's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtqO25NR351g^[21].
• Via Egnatia's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Via_Egnatia_-_Egnatiske_vei^[22].
• Via Egnatia's De Agostini ID is recorded as Egnàzia,+via-^[23].
• Via Egnatia's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3992653^[24].
• Via Egnatia's ToposText place ID is recorded as 409238BVEg^[25].
• Via Egnatia's Lex ID is recorded as Via_Egnatia^[26].

Body

Geography

Via Egnatia is in the country of Turkey^[4]. It is located in Durrës^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include military road^[6] and Roman road^[7].

History and Context

Gnaeus Egnatius is named after Via Egnatia^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Via Egnatia include A2 motorway^[27], a controlled-access highway^[28], in Greece^[29], headquartered in Thessaloniki^[30] and Egnatia Street^[31], an avenue^[32], in Greece^[33].

Why It Matters

Via Egnatia ranks in the top 9% of military_road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for it include A2 motorway^[27], a controlled-access highway^[28], in Greece^[29], headquartered in Thessaloniki^[30] and Egnatia Street^[31], an avenue^[32], in Greece^[33].