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TOP SIGHT
VIA APPIA ANTICA
Heading southeast from Porta San Sebastiano, the Appian Way was known to the Ro-
mans as the
regina viarum
(queen of roads). Named after Appius Claudius Caecus,
who laid the first 90km section in 312 BC, it was extended in 190 BC to reach Brind-
isi, some 540km away on the southern Adriatic coast. Flanked by some of the city's
most exclusive private villas, as well as Roman tombs, the long cobbled road is a great
place for a walk or cycle.
