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Which Roman road led from Rome to the south of Italy?

  • The Appian Way
  • The Flaminian Way
  • The Aurelian Way

The answer is The Appian Way. Begun 312 BC.

Appian Way

The Appian Way is one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy. Its importance is indicated by its common name, recorded by Statius, of Appia longarum... regina viarum. The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who, during the Samnite Wars, began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC.

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