Appius Claudius Caecus

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Appius Claudius Caecus was a prominent Roman statesman and censor of the early Republic, best known for initiating the construction of the Via Appia and the Aqua Appia and for his influential political and legal reforms.

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Generate an image of Appius Claudius Caecus (Appius Claudius Caecus was a prominent Roman statesman and censor of the early Republic, best known for initiating the construction of the Via Appia and the Aqua Appia and for his influential political and legal reforms.)

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Appius Claudius Caecus canonical 17
Appius 3
Appius Claudius 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman censor ⓘ
Roman consul ⓘ
Roman jurist ⓘ
Roman statesman ⓘ
ancient Roman politician ⓘ
member of the gens Claudia ⓘ
causeOfNickname blindness in old age ⓘ
cognomen Caecus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
dateOfBirth 4th century BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath early 3rd century BC ⓘ
familyName Claudius ⓘ
fieldOfWork Roman law ⓘ
Roman politics ⓘ
infrastructure ⓘ
public works ⓘ
givenName Appius ⓘ
hasCauseOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
knownFor construction of the Aqua Appia ⓘ
construction of the Via Appia ⓘ
democratic reforms in the Roman Republic ⓘ
early codification of Roman law ⓘ
legal reforms in the Roman Republic ⓘ
oratory against peace with Pyrrhus ⓘ
nickname Caecus (the blind) ⓘ
linked to: Caecus
nobleFamily Claudian family ⓘ
linked to: Claudian gens
notableWork Aqua Appia ⓘ
Via Appia ⓘ
admission of sons of freedmen into the Senate ⓘ
extension of voting rights to landless citizens ⓘ
publication of legal formulas (legis actiones) ⓘ
reform of Roman legal procedure ⓘ
reform of the Roman alphabet ⓘ
reform of the tribal organization of Rome ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
orator ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested dictatorship of the Roman Republic ⓘ
positionHeld censor of the Roman Republic ⓘ
consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
curule aedile ⓘ
interrex ⓘ
praetor of the Roman Republic ⓘ
princeps senatus ⓘ
quaestor ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent censorship of 312 BC ⓘ
construction of the first Roman aqueduct ⓘ
construction of the first major Roman road ⓘ
opposition to peace negotiations with Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claudius → wasBorneBy → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Via Appia → namedAfter → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Via Appia → builtBy → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Appius Claudius Caecus → givenName → Appius ⓘ
linked to: Appius Claudius Caecus
Claudian gens → hasPraenomen → Appius ⓘ
linked to: Appius Claudius Caecus
Claudian gens → member → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Appian Way → namedAfter → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Appian Way → constructedBy → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Aqua Appia → constructedBy → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Aqua Appia → namedAfter → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Caecus → usedBy → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Via Appia → namedAfter → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
subject linked to: Caecus
Aqua Appia → namedAfter → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
subject linked to: Caecus
Claudius (nomen) → notableBearer → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman nomen Claudius
Appius Claudius Pulcher → praenomen → Appius ⓘ
linked to: Appius Claudius Caecus
Aqua Anio Vetus → startOfConstructionReignOf → Appius Claudius Caecus (censor) ⓘ
linked to: Appius Claudius Caecus
Appius and Virginia → mainCharacter → Appius Claudius ⓘ
linked to: Appius Claudius Caecus
gens Claudia → member → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Appian Aqueduct → namedAfter → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Appian Aqueduct → commissionedBy → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
censor (Roman Republic) → notableOfficeHolders → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Roman conquest of Italy → keyFigure → Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ