[German Version]
Via Appia, a via publica laid out in 312 bce by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus, in part on top of earlier roads. It ran from Rome to Brundisium (Brindisi), then continued along the Via Egnatia to the Balkans; for centuries, therefore, it was the most important link joining Rome to Asia Minor and the Levant (Trade and traffic in the Mediterranean world). Impressive sections lined with tombs and other structures are preserved near Rome.
Bibliography
M. Rathmann, DNP XII/2, 2002, 159f.
I. de Portella et al., eds., Via Appia antica, 2003; ET: The Appian Way: Fro…