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In 312 a.C., the city was crossed by Via Appia that connected Rome and Capua. It was very important because the connections with Rome and also the port were faster and easier

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The Appia way started at Porta Capena, where nowadays you can find the Porta Capena square, near Terme di Caracalla.

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(The first stretch of Appia way nowadays with a lot of monuments)

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(A map of Appia way from Rome to Apulia)

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Via Egnatia was, together with the Via Appia in Italy, the road between Rome and Byzantium, now Istanbul. It functioned for two millenia as a multi-purpose trans-Balkan highway, a real life artery for the region. It runs through Albania, Macedonia, Greek and Turkish Thrace. It corresponds with the Ottoman Sol Kol. The best maintained and still used parts of the road are in Albania.