{"slug": "appius-claudius-caecus", "label": "Appius Claudius Caecus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appius_Claudius_Caecus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297783", "qid": "Q297783", "description": "Roman statesman and writer (fl. c. 312–279 BC)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-339, -272], "span_label": ["340 BCE", "273 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "roman-consul", "label": "Roman consul", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"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": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "samnites", "label": "Samnites", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "apulia", "label": "Apulia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "magna-graecia", "label": "Magna Graecia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "etruria", "label": "Etruria", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -339, "year_label": "340 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Appius Claudius Caecus, Roman politician and consul (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1239354213#Births", "title": "340 BC", "revid": 1239354213, "section": "Births"}}, {"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": -295, "year_label": "296 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Samnite-Etruscan coalition campaigns against the consul Appius Claudius Caecus in Etruria and inflicts several defeats on the Romans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359921190#Roman_Republic", "title": "296 BC", "revid": 1359921190, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -294, "year_label": "295 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Volumnius and the praetor Appius Claudius Caecus (who is given command over Decius' army) defeat a Samnite army in the Stellate Plains, killing 16,300 and capturing 2700.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129451#Roman_Republic", "title": "295 BC", "revid": 1350129451, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -278, "year_label": "279 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pyrrhus realizes that he cannot capture Rome and suggests peace terms to the Romans. Pyrrhus sends his chief advisor, Cineas, to Rome to negotiate a peace. Cineas demands that the Romans halt their aggression against the Greeks of southern Italy and restore the lands the Romans have taken from the Bruttii, the Apulians, and the Samnites. The Romans reject his demands, largely at the instigation of the former Roman censor, Appius Claudius Caecus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1226777989#Roman_Republic", "title": "279 BC", "revid": 1226777989, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -272, "year_label": "273 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Appius Claudius Caecus, Roman politician and consul", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1227001457#Deaths", "title": "273 BC", "revid": 1227001457, "section": "Deaths"}}]}