Description
The Appian Way was one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, Puglia, in south-east Italy. The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC during the Samnite Wars.
Main sights
- Porta Appia (Porta San Sebastiano), the gate of the Aurelian Walls
- Church of Domine Quo Vadis
- Catacomb of Callixtus
- San Sebastiano fuori le mura
- Catacombs of St Sebastian
- Circus of Maxentius
- Tomb of Cecilia Metella
- Roman baths of Capo di Bove
- Mausoleum of the Orazi and Curiazi
- Villa dei Quintili, with nympheum, theatre, and baths
- Mausoleum of Casal Rotondo
- Minucia tomb
- Torre Selce
- Temple of Hercules
- Berrettia di Prete (tomb and later church)
- Mausoleum of Gallienus
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