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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rome, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporalbegun ca. 400 BCE (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Ancient Roman)en_US
dc.date-400en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-25T17:54:12Z
dc.date.available2013-02-25T17:54:12Z
dc.date.issued-400en_US
dc.identifier196189en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1548en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/103697
dc.descriptionArch of Drusus (or Arco di Druso), near Porta San Sebastiano; The Appian Way (Latin and Italian: Via Appia) was the most important ancient Roman road. It is also called the "the queen road". It connected Rome to Brindisi, Apulia in southeast Italy. The Roman army, for its success, depended on the use of highways to prepare for battle and to afterward refresh and re-equip. The specific Via Appia was used as a main route for military supplies for many years from the middle of the 4th century BC. The road began as a leveled dirt road upon which small stones and mortar are laid. Upon this gravel is laid, which was finally topped with tight fitting, and interlocking stones to provide a flat surface. Some of the stones were have said to fit so well that you could not slide a knife into the cracks.The road was crested in the middle (for water runoff) and had ditches on either side of the road which were protected by retaining walls. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/9/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; mortar; gravelen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectengineering and industryen_US
dc.subjectmanufacturingen_US
dc.subjectmilitaryen_US
dc.subjectwaren_US
dc.subjectRoads Design and constructionen_US
dc.subjectRoman Empireen_US
dc.titleAppian Wayen_US
dc.title.alternativeVia Appia Anticaen_US
dc.title.alternativeVia Appiaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-R-R-VA-A3en_US
vra.culturalContextAncient Romanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypestreeten_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Ancient Roman)en_US


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