Via Appia near Rome. The caption reads: “On both sides are tombs and monuments, that of Caecilia Metella in the middle distance. In the foreground the third milestone (Restoration).” The Appian Way (Via Appia, in Latin) is the first and the most famous of the ancient Roman roads, running from Rome to Campania and southern Italy. The Appian Way was begun in 312 BC  by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus. At first it ran only 132 miles, from Rome south-southeastward to ancient Capua, in Campania. By about 244 BC,  it had been extended another 230 miles southeastward to reach the port of Brundisium

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Via Appia near Rome. The caption reads: “On both sides are tombs and monuments, that of Caecilia Metella in the middle distance. In the foreground the third milestone (Restoration).” The Appian Way (Via Appia, in Latin) is the first and the most famous of the ancient Roman roads, running from Rome to Campania and southern Italy. The Appian Way was begun in 312 BC  by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus. At first it ran only 132 miles, from Rome south-southeastward to ancient Capua, in Campania. By about 244 BC,  it had been extended another 230 miles southeastward to reach the port of Brundisium (Brindisi), situated in the “heel” of Italy and lying along the Adriatic Sea. The first few miles of the Appian Way outside Rome are flanked by a striking series of monuments, and there are also milestones and other inscriptions along the remains of the road. Caecilia Metella’s tomb is at the three-mile marker.

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