{"slug": "appian-way", "label": "Appian Way", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appian_Way", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189417", "qid": "Q189417", "description": "Roman highway from Rome, Italy, to Brundisium 312 BC", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-311, 573], "span_label": ["312 BCE", "573 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Via Appia"], "related": [{"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-senate", "label": "Roman Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "capua", "label": "Capua", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "patrician-ancient-rome", "label": "Patrician (ancient Rome)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-censor", "label": "Roman censor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "appius-claudius-caecus", "label": "Appius Claudius Caecus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "benevento", "label": "Benevento", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venosa", "label": "Venosa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "marcus-licinius-crassus", "label": "Marcus Licinius Crassus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "publius-clodius-pulcher", "label": "Publius Clodius Pulcher", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -311, "year_label": "312 BCE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The Roman censor, Appius Claudius Caecus, a patrician, enters office and begins construction of the Appian Way (the Via Appia) between Rome and Capua. He also embarks on a program of political reform, including the distribution of the landless citizens of Rome among the tribes, which at this time constitute basic political units. Appius also admits sons of freedmen into the Roman Senate. He also asserts the right of freed slaves to hold office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172925#Italy", "title": "312 BC", "revid": 1354172925, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -189, "year_label": "190 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "One of the main highways in Roman Italy, the Via Appia, is extended to Benevento and Venosa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342606670#Roman_Republic", "title": "190 BC", "revid": 1342606670, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -70, "year_label": "71 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Third Servile War ends; Slave rebellion under leadership of Spartacus is crushed by a Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus. Slaves taken prisoner are crucified naked along the Via Appia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1212466388#Roman_Republic", "title": "71 BC", "revid": 1212466388, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -51, "year_label": "52 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo (b. 93 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336454371#Deaths", "title": "52 BC", "revid": 1336454371, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 268, "year_label": "268 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Claudius II asks the Senate to spare the lives of Gallienus's family and political supporters. Emperor Gallienus is deified and buried in a family tomb on the Appian Way.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325890231#Roman_Empire", "title": "268", "revid": 1325890231, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 573, "year_label": "573 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope John III is forced by the Lombards to retire from Rome, and takes up residence at the Catacombs along the Via Appia (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332331069#Religion", "title": "573", "revid": 1332331069, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}]}