Appius argued that this course of action amounted to cowardice, and that the Senate was submitting itself to oppression by the plebeians. But Quinctius' argument carried the day and the Senate agreed ...

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The route was inaugurated in 312 B.C. by the censor Appius Claudius Blind to connect Rome to Capua. It was later extended to Benevento, Venosa, Taranto and Brindisi. Conceived for military needs, the ...

The phrase originates in a story from the 18th Century, when playwright John Dennis invented a new machine called a thunder sheet for creating storm sounds on stage for his play Appius and ...

When she rejects the lustful magistrate Appius Claudius Sabinus, he claims she was born of a slave woman and thus his ...

在前者中，贤惠的卢克雷蒂亚（一位传奇的罗马主妇，她的命运在从罗马王国向罗马共和国的过渡中发挥了关键作用）在被卢修斯·塔奎尼乌斯·超级巴斯的儿子塞克图斯·塔奎尼乌斯强奸后于公元前 510 年自杀身亡。

University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register, Vol. 66, No. 7/8 (Jun., 1918), pp. 319-362 (44 pages) ...

Until Sept. 29, in Venice at Palazzo Ducale the exhibition on Marco Polo and his wonderful travels. One of the most fascinating stories in travel literature was born from a commercial mission by ...