The Appian Way - Ghost Road, Queen of Roads

Named after Appius Claudius Caecus, a Roman censor who built the first section in 312 BCE in order to move troops to the south during the Samnite Wars, the road served both Rome s military and its provincial citizenry, providing a way for them to travel to and from the capital for business, politics, and religious pilgrimages. For centuries carts and wagons laden with produce and rare merchandise rumbled along the Via Appia. Tiny towns sprang up alongside, as did inns, spas, markets, and lavish monuments. Even today, as one travels the road, one encounters the magnificent ruins of tombs, memorials, villas, and temples erected by Rome s elite."

About the author

Robert A. Kaster is professor of classics and the Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin at Princeton University.

Summary

To walk on remnants of the storied Appian Way, from Rome to Italy, is to walk in the footsteps of ghosts. In this book, the author is our guide to those ghosts - and the layers of history they represent. It takes us on a trek with him back in time, to the campaigns of Garibaldi, the revolt of Spartacus, and the glory days of Imperial Rome.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A Kaster, Robert A. Kaster, Kaster Robert A.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2014
• EAN: 9780226142999
• ISBN: 978-0-226-14299-9
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel; Culture Trails: Adventures in; Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel; Culture Trails - Adventures in Travel (CHUP); Culture Trails: Adventures in; Culture Trails - Adventures in Travel
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, TRAVEL / Europe / Italy, Italy, Travel writing, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation