For an outline of what you can visit in the first few miles, have a look at this introduction.
Once you've got your bearings, join your guide Vic Stafanu for a walk through history...
So we come to the final day of our mini-break with a visit to one of the most famous of the roads which lead to Rome - Via Appia. Built in 312BC by censor Appius Claudius Caecus, the Appian Way connect Rome to Brindisi in south east Italy. There is a huge amount to see on the Appian Way, and today you'll just touch the surface (ha!) along with a little of what lies beneath... For an outline of what you can visit in the first few miles, have a look at this introduction. Once you've got your bearings, join your guide Vic Stafanu for a walk through history... There are numerous catacombs near the Appian Way; here is a visit to just one with Vic - the Catacombs of San Castillo. For an excellent overview of the importance and history of the road, join Dennis Marks as he takes a journey from Rome to Brindisi in the company of politicians, historians, writers, musicians and the Latin poet Horace. This was a Radio 3 documentary and is accompanied with a series of still images to fire your imagination; this is part one, there are four episodes all together, which you can find online here: 2, 3 and 4. And that is the end of our Roman mini-break. All that's left is time for a final film, so why not sit back, relax and enjoy Federico Fellini's classic La Dolce Vita?
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