Forum Appii
The Forum Appii (or Appii Forum) is an ancient
Appian way).[1]
The Appii Forum and the "
Paul's journey to Rome (Acts xxviii. 15). Under Nerva and Trajan the road was repaired; one inscription records expressly the paving with silex (replacing the former gravelling) of the section from Tripontium, 6 km (4 miles) northwest, to Forum Appii; the bridge near Tripontium was similarly repaired, and that at Forum Appii, though it bears no inscription, is of the same style. Only scanty relics of antiquity have been found here; a post station was placed here by Pope Pius VI when the Via Appia Nuova was reconstructed in the late 18th century.[1]
Suetonius claimed that a certain Claudius Russus, a forefather of the Claudian dynasty "having set up his statue at Forum Appi with a crown upon his head, tried to take possession of Italy through his dependents".[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Ashby 1911, p. 729.
- ^ Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 2, 2.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ashby, Thomas (1911). "Forum Appii". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 729.
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