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EGNATIAN WAY

A road that connected Macedonia’s east and west coasts (Lat. Via Egnatia), built after Macedonia became a Roman province in 146 b.c.e. Troops and merchants traveling from Rome would reach the eastern point of the Appian Way at Brundisium, cross the Adriatic Sea, land at Apollonia or Dyrrhachium on the west coast of Macedonia, proceed by land along the Egnatian Way as far as Neapolis (the port ca. 14 km. [9 mi.] E of Philippi), and then sail further east across the Aegean Sea.

The Apostle Paul sailed from Troas to Neapolis and then traveled to Philippi, where Lydia and her household were converted (Acts 16:11-15). He next preached in Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-9), thus traveling westward from Neapolis along the Egnatian Way (cf. 20:1-6), before going south to Beroea (17:10-14) and Athens (v. 15).

James A. Kelhoffer






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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