#appius

• Appia — The historical name of the famous Roman road 'Via Appia', nicknamed in antiquity 'Regina Viarum' (Queen of Roads), constructed starting in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus to connect Rome with Capua and later Brindisi. In a geographical and archaeological sense, it represents a monumental site of exceptional strategic and cultural importance, recognized for preserving ancient paving techniques using massive basalt blocks.
• Appus — A historical, archaic spelling variant or a proper surname of foreign origin; it may also represent a rare bookish transcription for the Roman patrician name 'Appius'. In certain old administrative documents or Transylvanian cartographies, the term appears as a corrupt or archaic form to denote the geographical direction of the west (sunset), retaining today exclusively a documentary, philological, or genealogical value.