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'The Via Appia, called Regina Varum by Statius, was
begun B.C. 312, by the Censor Appius Claudius the Blind, 'the most illustrious of the great Sabine and Patrician race, of whom he was the most remarkable representative.' It was paved throughout, and during the first part of its course served as a kind of patrician cemetery, being bordered by a magnificent avenue of family tombs. It began at the Porta Capena, itself crossed by the Appian aqueduct, which was due to the same great benefactor, —
' Substitit ad veteres arcus madidamque Capenam,'
and was carried by Claudius across the Pontine Marshes as far as Capua, but afterwards extended to Brundusium.'
Augustus Hare, Walks in Rome, 1875, page 396
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