Appian Way

Roman highway from Rome, Italy, to Brundisium 312 BC

6 dated entries naming Appian Way, drawn from 6 separate years between 312 BCE and 573 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Via Appia in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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4th century BC

312 BCEThe 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.source

2nd century BC

190 BCEOne of the main highways in Roman Italy, the Via Appia, is extended to Benevento and Venosa.source

1st century BC

71 BCEThird 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.source
52 BCEJanuary 18 – Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo (b. 93 BC)source

3rd century

268Claudius 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.source

6th century

573Pope John III is forced by the Lombards to retire from Rome, and takes up residence at the Catacombs along the Via Appia (approximate date).source