 | 1832 - 528 pages
...of this road by Procopius in the sixth century, may be here inserted. " ' To traverse the Appian Way is a distance of five days' journey for an active...interruption, and its magnificence surpasses that of all roads. For the construction of this great work, Appius caused the materials to be fetched from a great... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 782 pages
...says of it : — ' To traverse the Appian Way is a distance of five days' journey for a good walker, and it leads from Rome to Capua ; its breadth is such...magnificence surpasses that of all other roads. For constructing this great work, Appius caused the materials to be fetched from a great distance, so as... | |
 | William Chambers - New Zealand - 1854 - 560 pages
...traverse the Appian Way is a distance of five days' journey for a good walker, and it leads from Bome to Capua; its breadth is such that two chariots may...magnificence surpasses that of all other roads. For constructing this great work, Appius caused the materials to be fetched from a great distance, so as... | |
 | Military art and science - 1858 - 392 pages
...traverse the Appian Way," says Procopius, " is a distance of five days' journey for a good walker, and it leads from Rome to Capua ; its breadth is such...magnificence surpasses that of all other roads. For constructing this great work, Appius caused the materials to be fetched from a great distance, so as... | |
 | George Dodd - Railroads - 1867 - 376 pages
...century, says of it : ' To traverse the Appian Way is a distance of five days' journey for a good walker, and it leads from Rome to Capua ; its breadth is such...magnificence surpasses that of all other roads. For constructing this great work, Appius caused the materials to be fetched from a great distance, so as... | |
 | Thomas Allan Croal - Transportation - 1877 - 642 pages
...describes it : — " To traverse the Appian Way is a distance of five days' journey for a good walker, and it leads from Rome to Capua; its breadth is such...magnificence surpasses that of all other roads. For constructing this great work Appius caused the materials to be fetched from a great distance, so as... | |
 | S. Russell Forbes - Art - 1882 - 384 pages
...Appiaii Way : — " To traverse the Appian Way is a distance of five days' journey for a good walker ; it leads from Rome to Capua. Its breadth is such that...its magnificence surpasses that of all other roads. In constructing this great work, Appius caused the materials to be brought from a great distance, so... | |
 | Francis Edward Clark - Bible - 1917 - 520 pages
...more beautifully or abundantly than at Syracuse he says, "is a five days' journey for a good walker. It leads from Rome to Capua. Its breadth is such that...and pass each other without interruption, and its magnifience surpasses that of all other roads." Procopius goes on to tell us that Appius, who gave... | |
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For constructing this great work, Appius caused the materials to be fetched from a great distance, so as to have all the stones hard and of the nature of millstones, such as are not to be found in this part of the country. Having ordered this material... 