A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Appian Way is a roughly 350-mile-long road that runs from Rome to Brindisi. With some parts ...

The Appian Way, begun in 312 BC, was the engineering wonder of its day. It connected Rome with Capua (near Naples), ignoring natural contours and running in a straight line for much of the way.

It's fitting that it was the expansion-minded ancient Romans who built Europe's first super highway — they understood the value of good roads to growing an empire. And the Appian Way, begun in 312 BC, ...

The search for the start of the Appian Way has so far uncovered relics from different periods. - Copyright AFP Filippo MONTEFORTE The search for the start of the ...

ROME, July 27 (Reuters) - The Appian Way, the ancient Romans' first highway and a tourist attraction in modern Rome, has been added to the United Nations' cultural heritage list. Known as the Regina ...

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The historic roadway dates to the fourth century B.C.E. and stretches for over 500 miles. Filippo Monteforte / AFP via Getty Images Rome’s Appian Way, an ancient highway dating to the fourth century B ...

The project, conceived and coordinated by Gerardo Stefanelli, President of the Province of Latina, focuses on the development of the Appian Way’s stretch that runs between the Pontine Plain and the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROME (AP) — Italy’s ancient Roman Appian Way ...