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Ap·pian Way (ap′ē ən)

ancient Roman paved highway from Rome to Capua to Brundisium (Brindisi): c. 350 mi (563 km)

Etymology: after the Roman censor Appius Claudius Caecus, by whom it was begun in 312

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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