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    Appius Claudius Caecus (fl. c. 312–279 BC) was a statesman and writer from the Roman Republic. He is best known for two major building projects: the Appian...
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  • Appius Claudius Caudex (fl. 264 BC) was a Roman politician. He was the younger brother of Appius Claudius Caecus, and served as consul in 264 BC. In that...
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    Gaius Claudius Pulcher, consul in 130 BC. Appius Claudius Pulcher, probably the younger son of Gaius Claudius Pulcher, consul in 130 BC. Appius Claudius Ap...
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  • Appius Claudius may refer to: Appius Claudius Caecus Appius Claudius Caudex Appius Claudius Crassus Inregillensis Sabinus Appius Claudius Pulcher (disambiguation)...
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    Appian Way, the queen of the long roads"). The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who, during the Samnite Wars, began and completed...
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  • Appius as by the nomen Claudius, and the most famous of Roman roads, the Via Appia, or Appian Way, was named for its builder, Appius Claudius Caecus....
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  • of Rome. He was a descendant of the censor Appius Claudius Caecus. Nero was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and his mother was a descendant of the...
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  • because they wanted him overturn the reforms Appius Claudius Caecus had instituted during his censorship. Caecus had admitted citizens without property (a...
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  • the famed Roman politician Appius Claudius Caecus, who had been twice consul, censor, and dictator. An uncle, Appius Claudius Caudex, was consul in 264...
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    seems to have been based on those of his ancestors, particularly Appius Claudius Caecus, and he used the office to put into place many policies based on...
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  • 349. Claudius Crassus was probably the father of Gaius Claudius Inregillensis, dictator in 337 BC, and thus grandfather of the censor Appius Claudius Caecus...
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  • Claudius and Nero. As a Pulcher, Claudianus was a direct descendant of the consul and censor Appius Claudius Caecus through his son Publius Claudius Pulcher...
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  • on the Appian Way (built by their ancestor Appius Claudius Caecus).[citation needed] On his way home Appius stopped at Athens once more, renewing his interest...
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  • Publius Claudius Pulcher (died 249 BC or 246 BC) was a Roman politician. Pulcher was the son of Appius Claudius Caecus. He was the first of the Claudii...
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  • described. For example, in Cicero's Pro Caelio, Cicero speaks as Appius Claudius Caecus, a stern old man. This serves to give the "ancient" perspective...
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    constructed in 312 BC by the co-censors Gaius Plautius Venox and Appius Claudius Caecus, the same Roman censor who also built the important Via Appia. Gaius...
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    temple in Rome was dedicated in 296 BCE near the Circus Flaminius by Appius Claudius Caecus, during the war with the Etruscans and Samnites. This temple was...
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    Mamercinus. During the censorship of Appius Claudius Caecus (312–308 BC) the prestige of the censorship massively increased. Caecus built the first-ever Roman road...
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  • environment as a result of the use of tools. In Latin literature, Appius Claudius Caecus uses this term in his Sententiæ, referring to the ability of man...
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    Greek Zeta, most likely to represent the sound /t͡s/. At c. 300 BC, Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor, removed the letter Z from the alphabet,[examples...
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  • consulship. Volumnius served in both his consulships with the patrician Appius Claudius Caecus. He took an active role in leading Roman forces during the Third...
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    government. In 312 BC, following this law, the patrician censor Appius Claudius Caecus appointed many more senators to fill the new limit of 300, including...
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    (more on this canvas below). Other walls include these depictions: Appius Claudius Caecus led into the Senate where he will give a speech to convince the...
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    was the first aqueduct of Rome. It was constructed in 312 BC by Appius Claudius Caecus, the same Roman censor who also built the important Via Appia. Unauthorised...
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  • Ferentinum. The Samnite-Etruscan coalition campaigns against the consul Appius Claudius Caecus in Etruria and inflicts several defeats on the Romans. Volumnius...
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    between 298 and 291 BC. As tribune, he foiled efforts by the interrex Appius Claudius Caecus to keep plebeian candidates out of the consular elections. If his...
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    larger army as the Italic allies of Pyrrhus had joined him. However, Appius Claudius Caecus, who was old and blind and had been confined to his house, had himself...
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  • which Clodius hailed, descended from Appius Claudius Caecus (censor in 312 BC). Clodius' father, Appius Claudius Pulcher, was consul in 79 BC and a supporter...
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  • Government. New York: Penguin Books. p. 244. ISBN 0-14-044595-1. Appius Claudius Caecus Gaius Claudius. George Converse Fiske (1902). "The Politics of the Patrician...
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  • 339 BC at least one of the censors had to be plebeian. In 312 BC, Appius Claudius Caecus was elected censor without being consul before. In 294 and 265 BC...
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