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Article: Rome on the move.(Roman Republic)
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- Calliope
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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THE APPIAN WAY, OR VIA APPIA, AS IT WAS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENT ROMANS, IS A VERY LONG ROAD. IT BEGINS OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF ROME, EXTENDS THROUGH the rolling hills of Campania in central Italy, and ultimately thrusts its way eastward through Samnium to the Adriatic Sea. Begun in 312 B.C. and finished almost 200 years later, this road was much more than a way to go from one town to another. Where it went and how it developed is a symbolic time line of Rome's gradual change from a small village to a superpower of the ancient world. Where Rome conquered, the Via Appia soon followed, ultimately reaching the sea and the ports that send Roman armies to distant lands.
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