The Via Appia Antica, or Appian Way, has been designated as Italy’s 60th UNESCO World Heritage site, further solidifying the ...

The Via Appia thus shaped the development of the ancient cities it connected or which were associated with it. The Via Appia is also accompanied by a monumental ensemble ... Representative of Rome’s ...

Via Appia antica: Gateway to an empire. Via Appia Antica stretches out south of Rome, ... These 2,000-year-old chambers are thought to have been part of the Ancient Rome Mint.

The story goes that a Roman magistrate named Appius Claudius Caecus first built the Via Appia in 312 BCE. ... Ancient Rome, as well as other historical case studies ...

For many people, this time of year is an occasion for road trips — up and down the coasts, across the U.S., through Europe. For Robert Kaster, it was a time to venture along the most ancient ...

The Appian Way symbolized the Roman Empire’s might. Now Italy is restoring the ancient road, hoping to create a pilgrimage route through history. Rome’s third-century Arch of Drusus marks the ...

Among the many popular tourist sites in Rome is an impressive 2,000-year-old mausoleum along the Via Appia known as the Tomb of Caecilia Metella, a noblewoman who lived in the first century CE ...