the appian way. the roman superhighway started in 312 bc by censor appius claudius caecus result of...
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• Started in 312 BC by censor Appius Claudius Caecus
• Result of Roman difficulty transporting soldiers and supplies across the Pomptine Marshes.
Construction
• Dirt piled across road, highest in middle
• Small stones and mortar on dirt
• Gravel• Tight-fitting,
interlocking, flat, volcanic stones
• Ditches on either side for drainage
First Segment
• 132 miles• Rome to Capua• Transport soldiers
through swamp--19 mile causeway
• All built in 312 BC!!• Achieved purpose--
Rome won Second Saminite War--led to colonization of southern Italy
Brundisium
• 264 BC• Port city for ships
sailing to Greece• Gave Rome
complete control of Southern Italy