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The oldest and best of all the Roman roads, leading from the Porta Capeʹna of Rome to Capʹua. This “queen of roads” was commenced by Appius Claudius, the decemvir, B.C. 313.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.