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NARRATOR: The Appian Way was the first of
the great roads built by the ancient Romans,

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who called it the Via Appia.

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Paved with blocks of lava, the
Appian Way stretched for hundreds

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of miles between Rome and southeastern Italy.

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Parts of the famous road can still be seen
near Rome, where monuments to ancient Romans

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still line the roadside.

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