Via Egnatia trade network

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The Via Egnatia trade network was an important ancient overland and maritime commercial corridor across the Balkans that linked key ports like Neapolis with inland cities and facilitated trade between the eastern and western regions of the Roman world.

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Label Occurrences
Via Egnatia trade network canonical 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient trade network ⓘ
commercial corridor ⓘ
connects eastern Roman regions ⓘ
western Roman regions ⓘ
connectsCity Apollonia ⓘ
Byzantium ⓘ
Dyrrachium ⓘ
linked to: Dyrrhachium

Heraclea Lyncestis ⓘ
Lychnidus ⓘ
Pella ⓘ
linked to: Pella, Greece

Philippi ⓘ
Thessalonica ⓘ
linked to: Salonika
connectsPort Neapolis ⓘ
connectsRegion Adriatic Sea basin ⓘ
linked to: Adriatic Sea

Aegean Sea basin ⓘ
linked to: Aegean Sea basins

Illyricum ⓘ
Macedonia ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
crosses Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
economicRole major east–west commercial artery ⓘ
enabled cultural exchange ⓘ
movement of goods ⓘ
movement of people ⓘ
facilitated ceramic trade ⓘ
grain trade ⓘ
metal trade ⓘ
olive oil trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
textile trade ⓘ
wine trade ⓘ
follows Via Egnatia road alignment ⓘ
linked to: Via Egnatia
hasComponent Via Egnatia ⓘ
linkedMaritimePort Dyrrachium (Durrës) ⓘ
linked to: Durrës

Neapolis (Kavala) ⓘ
linkedTo Italian road network ⓘ
Via Appia ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
strategicImportance imperial integration ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ
terminusNear Adriatic coast ⓘ
Aegean coast ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
usedBy Roman army ⓘ
Roman merchants ⓘ
imperial officials ⓘ
local Balkan traders ⓘ
usesRouteType maritime route ⓘ
overland route ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neapolis → partOf → Via Egnatia trade network ⓘ
Christoupolis → partOf → Via Egnatia trade network ⓘ