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TRIVIA TRAIL: EUROPE’S FIRST SUPERHIGHWAY
Question: What is Rome’s most famous ancient road called? Answer: The Via Appia, or Appian Way, which visitors to Rome can still walk along. (The Romans built things to last.) Begun by Appius Claudius Caecus in 312 BC, it started in Rome and by 244 BC went all the way to Brundisium (Brindisi) on the […]