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🟤 VIA APPIA The Via Appia, or "Queen of Roads," is one of the most significant Roman roads, connecting Rome to Brindisi in southeastern Italy. Constructed in 312 BC primarily for military purposes, it quickly became a vital artery for trade and communication. The road consisted of layers of compacted stone and volcanic rock. The Via Appia passed through several important Roman cities, Rome itself, Capua, Beneventum, an important crossroad and a significant military base; Tarentum, a major port city in southern Italy; and finally Brundisium, a crucial port for trade and military operations in the eastern Mediterranean.

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🔶 THE FARTHEST ROMAN OUTPOST? In Farasan Islands close to modern day Yemen two latin inscriptions were discovered in 2003. The first inscription attests the presence of a vexillatio of the Legio Traiana Fortis in 143-144 AD moved from the roman province of Egypt under the emperor Antoninus Pius while the second inscription attests the presence of the Legio VI Ferrata in 139 AD moved from the roman province of Arabia Petrea under the emperor Hadrian. This would make the Farasan Islands the farthest Roman outpost (until at least the third century), being nearly 4,000 km (2,500 mi) from Rome itself.

🔺 THE FATE OF ROMAN PRISONERS OF WAR “Their general Hannibal, whose greatest virtue consisted in cruelty, made a bridge over the river Vergellus with the bodies of the Romans, and thereby led over his army, so that the Earth might experience the wickedness of the Carthaginian soldiers, just as Neptune had beheld the barbarity of their sailors. Those of our men who were taken as captive, he wore out with heavy burdens and long marches, and then left them on the road, with the lower part of their feet cut off. Those whom he took into his camp, picking out the nearest of kin that he could find, he compelled to fight in pairs, and did not relent in his thirst for blood until just one of them was left as victor.” (Hannibal 247-183/ 181 BC: Carthaginian general. Invaded Italy via the Alps, won key battles against Rome (Cannae), but ultimately lost at Zama and died in exile. Renowned military strategist). Valerius Maximus

🔘 FLAMINIUS RIDICULES THE SYRIANS “When Antiochus the king, with a great force, arrived in Greece, and all were terror-stricken at the great numbers of the men and their armament, Flamininus told a story for the benefit of the Achaeans as follows: He said that he was in Chalcis dining with a friend, and was amazed at the great number of the meats served. But his friend said that these were all pork, differing only in their seasoning and the way they were cooked. "So then," he said, "do not you, either, be amazed at the king's forces when you hear the names: 'pikemen,' 'panoplied,' 'foot-guards,' 'archers with two horses.' For all these are but Syrians differing from one another only in their paraphernalia." Plutarch, Sayings Of The Romans