An early diagram showing how part of the Roman Appian Way was constructed in the 4th century. The Appian way as well as other historic architecture features ruins of the Tempio di Ercoli (Temple of Hercules). It connects Rome to Brindisi and was one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. Named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who built the first section as a military road to the south during the Samnite Wars in 312 BC. .

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