Ukuhamba nge-Egnatia Yakhiwa ngo-146 BC ngamaRoma ukuze idibanise iikholoni zangaphambili zoBukhosi baseRoma, ukusuka kuLwandle iAdriatic ukuya eByzantium, ukukhuthaza unxibelelwano norhwebo. Endleleni yayo idlula kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo, iqala eIllyria yakudala, idlula kummandla waseAlbania, kwaye idlula kwiRiphabhlikhi yakudala yaseMakedoni, eThrace, eGrisi, ifikelela eTurkey, kwaye idlula kwiiBalkan. Le ndlela yayiqhagamshelwe elwandle kunye neApiyo Way.
Yakhiwa ngumlawuli waseMakedoni uGaius Egnatius, othatha igama lakhe kuye, kwiindawo ezininzi kukho iintsalela i-Via Egnatia.
Endleleni yakhe, wadlula kwiindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu njenge Pella, isixeko esisentabeni kukho intsalela yendlela, wadlula e-Edessa, nakwi-Orhid endala namhlanje enikezelwe kukhenketho lobunewunewu.
Isixeko saseKavala kulapho iintsalela ze Ukuhamba nge-Egnatia kwimeko engcono.
Indlela ikwadlula kwisixeko saseGrisi iAmphipolis, nesabangwa ngoorhulumente abangabamelwane.
EMakedoni kude kube kumaxesha anamhlanje i-Via Egnatia Yayiyeyona ndlela iphambili yomhlaba ukunxibelelana neAsia, yayiyindlela yemikhosi.
Abemi baseAromania bayibiza ngokuba yiCalea Mare, okuthetha ukuthi "indlela entle", kwaye kude kube yinkulungwane ye-XNUMX yayiyindlela edibanisa izixeko zaseRoma kunye nelona khonkco lifutshane phakathi kweRoma neConstantinople.
Iikharavani kunye nabarhwebi baseAromania bajikeleza apho. Le ndlela yalungiswa yandiswa amaxesha amaninzi kwaye yaba yeyona ndlela iphambili yoBukhosi baseByzantium.