For sheer sonic splendor, it’s hard to beat “The Pines of the Appian Way” that caps Ottorino Respighi’s “The Pines of Rome.” With trumpets in the gallery and an expanded orchestra ...

In the city of Brindisi, southeast Italy, the top of the stairs in the old town marks the end of the Appian Way. It is one of many Roman roads that the empire used to conquer so much of the known ...

Oil at the End of the Appian Way A short ride outside Brindisi, in Italy’s Puglian countryside, reveals groves of olive trees as ancient as this region’s history.

Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, Appian Way, has joined Shannon Kring's investigative documentary Nine Little Indians, which is about the abuses endured by the Native American children at a ...

Walk along the Ancient Appian Way is ranked #21 out of 26 things to do in Rome. See pictures and our review of Walk along the Ancient Appian Way.

Once the lifeline of the Roman Empire, the Appian Way connected cities, armies, and trade like never before. Over 2,000 years later, parts of this ancient road are still in use!

The Appian Way, begun in 312 BC, was the engineering wonder of its day. It connected Rome with Capua (near Naples), ignoring natural contours and running in a straight line for much of the way.

All roads lead to Rome, as the saying goes, and the most prestigious is the Appian Way, the strategic highway for the Roman Empire now hoping to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A paved road ...

The Appian Way is free to walk; entry to the park sites costs £7 and the catacombs cost £8.80. Citalia has three nights B&B at the Hotel Nazionale from £650 per person, including flights with ...

The Appian Way’s story begins in 312 B.C.E., when the Roman censor Appius Claudius Caecus laid its first section. (The same year, Caecus championed the city’s first aqueduct, the Aqua Appia .) ...

The Appian Way is the original superhighway. The Roman statesman Appius Claudius Caecus ordered its construction in 312BC, and it became a means to expand power to the southeast of Rome.