Editing Appian Way (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Roman road}}
{{About|the ancient Roman road|other uses|Appian Way (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox ancient site
|name = Appian Way
|native_name = Via Appia
|native_name_lang = Latin
|image =  Paesaggio dell'Appia antica.jpg
|caption = Section of the [[Appian Way Regional Park|Regional Park]], Rome
|built = 312–264 BC
|builder = [[Appius Claudius Caecus]], addition by [[Trajan]] ([[Via Appia Traiana]])
|type = [[Roman road]]
|location = [[Roman Forum]], Rome to [[Brindisi]]
|coordinates = {{Coord|41|50|29|N|12|31|57|E|display=it|name=Appian Way}}
|image_size = 270
|mapframe-frame-width = 270
|mapframe = yes
|mapframe-caption = Click on the map for a fullscreen view
|mapframe-zoom = 6
|mapframe-marker = monument
|mapframe-wikidata = yes
|website = {{official URL}}
   | designation1            = WHS
   | designation1_offname    = Via Appia. Regina Viarum
   | designation1_date       = 2024
   | designation1_number     = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1708 1708]
   | designation1_criteria   = iii, iv, vi
   | designation1_type       = Cultural
   | designation1_free1name  = Region
   | designation1_free1value  = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Europe|Southern Europe]]
}}

The '''Appian Way''' ([[Latin]] and [[Italian language|Italian]]: '''Via Appia''') is one of the earliest and strategically most important [[Roman roads]] of the ancient [[Roman Republic|republic]]. It connected [[Rome]] to [[Brindisi]], in southeast [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/356966898 |title=Places: 356966898 (Via Appia) |author=L. Quilici |author2=S. Quilici Gigli |author3=R. Talbert |author4=S. Gillies |author5=T. Elliott |author6=J. Becker |access-date=14 March 2013|website=Pleiades}}</ref> Its importance is indicated by its common name, recorded by [[Statius]],<ref>''Silvae'', [https://archive.org/stream/statiusstat01statuoft#page/96/mode/2up 2.2].</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= Elisabetta|last= Povoledo|title=Past Catches Up With the Queen of Roads |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/arts/design/05appi.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=5 April 2008 |access-date=5 April 2008 }}</ref> of {{lang|la|Appia longarum...  regina viarum}} ('the Appian Way, the queen of the long roads'). The road is named after [[Appius Claudius Caecus]],<ref name=apwistlg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9cheAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1274%2C4114284 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=The Appian Way is still a good military road |date=June 4, 1944 |page=4, section 2}}</ref> the [[Roman censor]] who, during the [[Samnite Wars]], began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC.<ref name=Chambers>"Appian Way" in ''[[Chambers's Encyclopædia]]''. London: [[George Newnes Ltd|George Newnes]], 1961, Vol. 1, p. 490.</ref>

In July 2024, the Appian Way entered the [[UNESCO]] World Heritage List.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/italy-rome-appian-way-unesco-world-heritage-list-35e308789b65127189bfd32b975dea23 |title=Italy's Ancient Roman Appian Way included in UNESCO World Heritage List |publisher=AP News |date=27 July 2024 }}</ref>