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Appius Claudius Caecus
Appius Claudius
The famous censor of 312 BC who built the Appian Way and the first aqueduct, defiled the senate roll, and clung to the censorship beyond its legal term.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 9 §29 Appius Claudius
Censor of 312, builder of the Appian Way and Rome's first aqueduct; he refused to lay down the censorship within the lawful term.
- The History of Rome, Book 10 §7 Appius Claudius
Appius Claudius Caecus, the censor and statesman, here the leading patrician opponent of the Ogulnian law.