Definition of Appian way

1. Noun. An ancient Roman road in Italy extending south from Rome to Brindisi; begun in 312 BC.

Generic synonyms: Highway, Main Road
Group relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Appian Way

Apostolicship
Apostolicships
Apotactite
Apotactites
Apovian
Apovyan
Appalachia
Appalachian
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachians
Appaloosa
Appenzell
Appenzell Inner Rhodes
Appenzell Outer Rhodes
Appian
Appian Way
AppleScript
Apple Isle
Apple Mac
Apple Macs
Apple tax
Appleton
Appleton layer
Applewhite
Appley
Appleyard
Appomattox
Apps
Apr

Literary usage of Appian way

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1880)
"This great system was begun by Appius Claudius, who, after the conquest of Campania, constructed a paved road2 to Capua, called from him the appian way (B. ..."

2. Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1891)
"... catacombs of S. Calixtus, on the appian way, we are able to solve for the first time a mystery connected with the pagan tendencies of the Renaissance. ..."

3. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1913)
"With this THE appian way TO-DAY, WITH RUINS OF THE AQUEDUCT OF CLAUDIUS IN THE BACKGROUND. The Aqueduct was carried for long distances on arches. ..."

4. The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and by Thomas Brownfield Searight (1894)
"Paul the apostle traveled over a portion of the appian way on his journey from Jerusalem to Rome to carry up his appeal from Agrippa to ..."

5. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... Salaria Vetus—The Catacombs of the appian way— Great Columbarium—End of the Tyrant Domitian. NOT so, with the monster Domitian, Vespasian's younger son. ..."

6. The Book of Washington by Robert Shackleton (1922)
"r'T CHAPTER IV OUB appian way HEN Commodore Decatur left his home near the White House before dawn one morning, to go to breakfast with Commodore Bainbridge ..."

7. The Back Blocks of China: A Narrative of Experiences Among the Chinese by Robert Logan Jack (1904)
"Commencing at the north gate of Chengtu, the road through the suburbs, lined with monuments, is for some miles a veritable appian way. ..."

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