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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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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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