I-Via Egnatia Yakhiwa ngonyaka we-146 BC ngamaRoma ngenhloso yokuhlanganisa amakholoni wangaphambilini oMbuso WaseRoma, kusukela oLwandle i-Adriatic kuye eByzantium, ukukhuthaza ukuxhumana nokuhweba. Endleleni yayo idlula ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene, iqala e-Illyria yasendulo, idlule endaweni yase-Albania, futhi idlule eRiphabhuliki yasendulo yaseMakedoniya, eThrace, eGrisi, ifike eTurkey, futhi idlule emazweni aseBalkan. Lo mgwaqo wawuxhunywe olwandle ne-Appian Way.
Yakhiwa ngumphathi-sifundazwe waseMakedoniya uGaius Egnatius, okuvela kuye igama lakhe, ezindaweni eziningi kukhona izinsalela i-Via Egnatia.
Emzileni wakhe wadlula ezindaweni ezibaluleke kakhulu njengePella, idolobha elisentabeni, kunezinsalela zomgwaqo, wadlula e-Edessa, futhi wadlula nase-Orhid endala, namuhla inikezelwe kwezokuvakasha zikanokusho.
Idolobha laseKavala kulapho izinsalela ze Nge-Egnatia usesimweni esingcono.
Lo mgwaqo ubuye udlule edolobheni laseGrisi i-Amphipolis, elalifunwa ohulumeni abangomakhelwane.
EMakedoniya kuze kube ezikhathini zanamuhla i-Via Egnatia Kwakuyindlela ehamba phambili yokuxhumana ne-Asia, kwakuyindlela yamabutho.
Abase-Aromaniya bayibiza ngokuthi iCalea Mare, okusho ukuthi "indlela enhle", futhi kuze kube ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX kwakuyindlela exhumanisa amadolobha aseRoma kanye nokuxhumanisa okufushane kakhulu phakathi kweRoma neConstantinople.
Uhambo lwabathengisi nabathengisi base-Aromanian basakazwa lapho. Lo mzila walungiswa futhi welulwa izikhathi eziningana futhi waba umzila omkhulu woMbuso WaseByzantium.