Appius claudius biography of donald

Appius Claudius Caecus (“The Blind”) was a Roman politician and statesman, living between the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE.

He belonged to a wealthy and influential family.

Appius claudius biography of donald

His father was Gaius Claudius Crassus, a Roman dictator of 337 BCE He is the oldest known author of Latin prose by name, including Roman legal procedures and calendars. In 312 BCE he held the position of censor as his first office, which was a big shock to Roman society (it was a kind of sensation).

He built in Rome one of the first aqueducts (around 312 BCE), called Aqua Appia after him, and the oldest paved Roman road – Via Appia connecting Rome with Capua (later also with Brundisium).
During the Second Samnite War, he advocated the founding of Roman colonies (colonia) between Latium and Campania to defend themselves against the Etruscans and Samnites.

Appius, being a censor, also changed the Latin spelling by introducing the letter G resulting from th