Ancient Egnatia Road

Egnatia Odos was the first major road constructed by the ancient Romans abroad and one of the most important military and trade routes of antiquity. It owes its name to the Archbishop of Macedonia Gnaeus Egnatia and was designed on the previous layout of an older road that crossed Macedonia and Thrace, while having bold topographical choices for the time. In its final form, it connected Rome with its eastern conquests, from present-day Albania to Constantinople, through Macedonia and Thrace, over a total length of more than 1,000 km.

The largest surviving part of the ancient Egnatia Road is located within the boundaries of the present-day municipality of Alexandroupolis and in particular in the village of Komaros, where one can admire the ancient road construction technique and walk in the footsteps of the ancient people who crossed it, following the markings placed by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Evros. Several lowland sections of the ancient Egnatia Odos remain well preserved near the present National Road, outside Alexandroupolis and Traianoupolis.