The first Romanhighway, named for the censor Appius Claudius Caecus who constructed it; built in 312 B.C.to join Rometo Capua, and later continued to Brundisium; a stonecauseway, constructed with embankments, and of such width thattwo broad wagons could pass each other easily; paved with closely fitted polygonal blocks of hard stone. (Harris, 1977)
