Parco Regionale dell'Appia Antica
Preserved ancient road of basalt slabs, flanked by imperial tombs, catacombs, and umbrella pines.
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This guide to Rome's Appia Antica traces the road back to 71 BC and the final chapter of the Spartacus revolt, the largest slave uprising the Roman Republic ever faced. It follows Marcus Licinius Crassus, the wealthiest man in Rome, as he hunts down the escaped gladiator's army at the Battle of the Silarus River, and the strange problem he was left with once the fighting ended. The basalt slabs under your feet are the same road Crassus's army marched, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site shaded by umbrella pines.
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