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, ...

ROME (AP) - In ancient times, chariot-racing was a favorite spectator sport along the Via Appia Antica, the old Appian Way. Today, watching joggers and bikers might be the 21st-century equivalent for ...

The woman across the street is glaring at me. Maybe its because I'm staring at her. Maybe it's because I'm scruffy – jeans and a messy ponytail compared to her perfect hair and clothes that are the ...

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 ...

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 Appian Way, or Via Appia Antica, was the first great Roman highway, built in 312 BC to move legions quickly across Italy—and today it offers travelers a journey through 2,000 years of history.

THE Roman Via Appia or Appian Way is the way of all flesh, all history, and all culture. Built in the year 312 B.C. as an improvement on an existing road (nature as such had not been seen in Italy ...