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

The censor Appius Claudius Caecus builds Rome’s first aqueduct, the Aqua Appia, which runs almost entirely underground. 144 B.C. Work begins on Rome’s longest aqueduct, the 56-mile-long Aqua ...

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 ...

It was constructed in 312 BC under the direction of Appius Claudius Caecus, a Roman censor. The Appian Way initially served ...

Italy is at the top of the Unesco World Heritage list. The World Heritage Committee, meeting in New Delhi at its 46th session, has decided to add the 'Via Appia Regina Viarum' on the World ...

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。