The Appian Way was built in 312 BC by Appius Claudius. It ran from Rome to Brundisium, a distance of nearly 500 miles. When the poet Horace traveled along the Appian Way with Maecenas, they had to take secondary roads for almost 200 miles after the Appian Way ended at Beneventum. Only a few traces of the original Appian Way remain, consisting mainly of old stone bridges in varying states of destruction, as the road fell into disuse over time.

1. THE APPIAN WAY
THE APPIAN WAY WAS BUILT IN 312 B.C. BY APPIUS CLAUDIUSTHE APPIAN WAY WAS BUILT IN 312 B.C. BY APPIUS CLAUDIUS

2. WHEN HORACE WALKED THROUGH THE APPIAN WAY DURING THE
TRAVEL TO ACCOMPANY MAECENAS, THE WAY CAME UP TO
BENEVENTUM, AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO GO TO BRUNDISIUM
CROSSING A SERIES OF SECONDARY ROADS FOR ALMOST 200 MILES
THID TRIP WAS DESCRIBED BY THE POET IN THE SATIRE FIVE OF THE
FIRST BOOK.

3. THIS WAY WAS ALMOST DESERTED AND THIS EXPLAINS WHY THERE ARE ONY A
FEW TRACES, CONSISTING MAINLY OF OLD STONE BRIDGES, MORE OR LESS HIGHT
AND DESTOYED. THE WAY STATIONS HAD ACCOMMODATION FOR CHANGING
HORSES EVERY SEVEN OR EIGHT MILES, IN THE MOST POPULAR PLACES, EVERY TEN
OR TWELVE LESS POPULATED PLACES.