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Via Egnatia after Egnatius: Imperial Policy and Inter-regional Contacts

2007; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 22; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/09518960802005844

1743-940X

Yannis Lolos,

Classical Antiquity Studies

Abstract The Via Egnatia, which linked Dyrrachium to Kypsela and ultimately to Byzantium/Constantinople, was the first Roman highway to be built east of the Adriatic. The studies published so far on this important road are devoted almost exclusively to its military importance, particularly during the Roman Republic. This author's goal instead was to assess the importance of the Egnatia at a political, social, and cultural level, by examining written sources (literary and epigraphical) and material remains. The article looks into the policy of Roman emperors regarding the Egnatia, and the role of the Via as a factor of commercial, social, and cultural interaction between the Italian peninsula and the Greek world, as well as among the cities and regions that it crossed. It also shows the contribution of the Egnatia to the spectacular development of certain cities and the parallel weakening of others, together with its impact upon the rural landscape. Keywords: Via EgnatiaImperial PolicyCommercial, Social, Cultural Interaction Notes [1] I would like to thank the organizers of the symposium for inviting me to participate. I am also indebted to Selene Psoma for kindly offering to read a draft of this article, making valuable comments and additions. Finally, the article has greatly benefited from the comments of its reviewers, to whom I am most grateful. [2] The Via Egnatia has been the subject of numerous articles and a few monographs, on which see my references at the end of the article. I am currently preparing a monograph on the subject to be published by Olkos Editions with text in Greek and English. [3] I am using the Loeb edition of Strabo, vol. 3, translated by H. L. Jones (London, 1924). [4] Our archaeological knowledge of this important Mediterranean harbour is very limited: see Vitti Vitti, Massimo. 1996. H ρıο, Athens: H A A E. [Google Scholar], , 131–33. [5] As correctly pointed out by Walbank Walbank, Frank. 1985. 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