Appius Claudius Caecus

Appius Claudius Caecus in Roman Biography

Clau'dius Cse'cus, (see'kus,) (Appius,) a Roman patrician, who was censor from 312 to 308 B.C. During this period he constructed the Appian Way from Rome to Capua. He was afterwards consul, and interrex, (or regent,) and became blind, as his surname indicates.' He wrote a poem, and a legal work in prose....

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Appius Claudius Caecus in Wikipedia

Appius Claudius Caecus ("the blind"; ca. 340 BC-273 BC) was a Roman politician from a wealthy patrician family. He was dictator himself and the son of Gaius Claudius Crassus, dictator in 337 BC.[1] Life - He was a censor in 312 BC although he had not previously been consul.[2] He sought support from the lower classes, allowing sons of freed sla...

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