The Empire's main artery
In 268 B.C. the via Appia was extended to Benevento, and in 191 B.C. it reached Brindisi, the main port for Greece and the Orient. This made it the most important line of comunication in the Mediterranean.
It is only when the Roman empire falls both in the West and in the East that the importance of the Regina viarum as a trade and transport route begins to wane.
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