Appius Claudius Caecus
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Roman censor
Roman consul
Roman jurist
Roman statesman
ancient Roman politician
member of the gens Claudia
Appius Claudius Caecus was a prominent Roman statesman and censor of the early Republic, best known for initiating the construction of the Via Appia and the Aqua Appia and for his influential political and legal reforms.
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| Appius | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
Roman censor
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Roman consul ⓘ Roman jurist ⓘ Roman statesman ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ member of the gens Claudia ⓘ |
| causeOfNickname | blindness in old age ⓘ |
| cognomen | Caecus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | early 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| familyName | Claudius ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Roman law
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Roman politics ⓘ infrastructure ⓘ public works ⓘ |
| givenName |
Appius Claudius Caecus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Appius
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| hasCauseOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
construction of the Aqua Appia
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construction of the Via Appia ⓘ democratic reforms in the Roman Republic ⓘ early codification of Roman law ⓘ legal reforms in the Roman Republic ⓘ oratory against peace with Pyrrhus ⓘ |
| nickname |
Caecus
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surface form:
Caecus (the blind)
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| nobleFamily |
Claudian gens
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surface form:
Claudian family
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| notableWork |
Aqua Appia
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Via Appia ⓘ admission of sons of freedmen into the Senate ⓘ extension of voting rights to landless citizens ⓘ publication of legal formulas (legis actiones) ⓘ reform of Roman legal procedure ⓘ reform of the Roman alphabet ⓘ reform of the tribal organization of Rome ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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jurist ⓘ orator ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | dictatorship of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
censor of the Roman Republic
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consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ curule aedile ⓘ interrex ⓘ praetor of the Roman Republic ⓘ princeps senatus ⓘ quaestor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
censorship of 312 BC
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construction of the first Roman aqueduct ⓘ construction of the first major Roman road ⓘ opposition to peace negotiations with Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ |
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