In 312 BC the censor Appius Claudius Caecus began two projects that shaped Roman engineering: the Via Appia, the first great paved Roman road, which ran south from Rome to Capua and was later extended to Brindisi, and the Aqua Appia, the city's first aqueduct, which brought water about 16 km, mostly underground. The road allowed troops to move quickly and tied conquered Italy to the capital. Roman engineers went on to build about 80,000 km of paved highways and eleven aqueducts to Rome, and parts of the Appian Way are still in use.
Before and after
- from 322 BCE to 74 BCEBithynia
- from 322 BCE to 185 BCEMaurya empire
- 322 BCEDeath of Aristotle
- c. 320 BCERise of pyrrhonism
- 313 BCEThe Appian Way and the first Roman aqueduct
- 312 BCEConstruction of Appian Way
- from 312 BCE to 63 BCESeleucid Empire
- from 311 BCE to 309 BCEBabylonian War
- from 306 BCE to 168 BCEAntigonid dynasty
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The era
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