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|lshtext=<b>Appĭus</b>: ii, m., and Appĭa, ae, f. (abbrev. App.).<br /><b>I</b> A Roman prœnomen, esp. of persons of the [[gens]] [[Claudia]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>II</b> Appĭus, a, um, adj., Appian.<br /> <b>A</b> [[Appia]] via, the Appian Way, a [[well]]-[[known]] [[high]] - [[road]], begun by the [[censor]] [[Appius]] [[Claudius]] Cœcus ([[about]] 442 A. U. C.), [[which]] began in [[Rome]] at the Porta [[Capena]], and passed in a [[direct]] [[line]] to the Albanian Mountains, and [[thence]] [[through]] the Pontine Marshes to [[Capua]]; [[later]] it [[was]] continued to [[Brundisium]], perh. by Trajan (the stones were [[large]] polygons of basaltic [[lava]]; parts here and [[there]] are [[yet]] in [[existence]]), Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; id. Mil. 6, 15; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6; id. Phil. 7, 1, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 6; Front. Aquaed. 5; Inscr. Orell. 131; cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 230.—Called also Appī via, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26; and [[simply]] [[Appia]], id. Epod. 4, 14, al.; Cic. Att. 2, 12.—<br /> <b>B</b> [[Appia]] [[aqua]], the [[aqueduct]] [[which]] this [[same]] [[Appius]] constructed; Front. Aquaed. 5; cf. Liv. 9, 29. —<br /> <b>C</b> Appii Forum, a [[small]] [[market]]-[[town]] in [[Latium]], founded by the [[same]] [[Appius]], on the [[left]] [[side]] of the Via [[Appia]], in the [[midst]] of the Pontine Marshes, [[now]] Foro Appio, Hor. S. 1, 5, 3; Vulg. Act. 28, 15; cf. Mann. Ital. I. 637 and 638. | |||
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