INTRODUCTION . . 7
FOREWORD: WANDERINGS ALONG THE APPIAN WAY . . 8
THE APPIAN WAY AS LITERARY JOURNEY . . 11
ORIGINS AND HISTORIC EVENTS . . 14
THE URBAN SEGMENT FROM PORTA CATENA TO CASAL ROTONDO . . 40
FROM THE ALBAN HILLS TO CISTERNA LATINA . . 84
FROM THE PONTINE PLAIN TO BENEVENTO . . 106
FROM BENEVENTO TO BRINDISI . . 146
THE VIA APPIA TRAIANA . . 186
HORACE'S JOURNEY . . 230
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . 234
INDEX . . 238