Walking Ancient Rome's via Appia Antica
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- Via Appia was Rome's superhighway. Join @DariusArya for the first six miles on Via Appia, from starting point Porta Capena (by the Circus Maximus) to the Aurelian Wall circuit. You'll see a small, historic river, milestones, monumental tombs, villas, and more. Also featuring our original drone footage. You won't want to miss the first 6 miles of the Via Appia- it just might guide you on your own future exploration of the environs of Rome.
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0:00 Introduction
0:32 The starting point of the Via Appia was the Porta Capena.
0:55 The Porta Appia
1:32 The First Milestone (copy and original)
2:01 The Via Appia crosses the Almo River, sacred to Magna Mater.
2:14 Early tombs of Geta and Priscilla
2:25 Church of Quo Vadis (Second Milestone)
2:35 Church of San Sebastian
2:49 Villa of Maxentius
3:02 Tomb of Caecilia Metella (Third Milestone)
5:23 Local lava flow used to make the pavement stones of the Via Appia
5:42 Walking back in Rome along the Via Appia!
6:03 Villa dei Quintilii
6:37 Some specifics about Roman roads.
7:05 The Fifth Milestone
7:52 The Sixth Milestone
8:37 Wear and tear of the Via Appia in Antiquity
9:41 The army of Spartacus was crucified and lined the Via Appia from Capua to Rome!
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There is a place in the world where I've been three times in my life and felt enormous peace: and that is Via Appia.
One of my dreams is to walk this highway. I'm fascinated by ancient Rome. So much rich history. Spent a little time in Napoli and lived a few years in Sicily and loved the people and the lands.
It's a great journey. Hope you watched all of the episodes!
On pedestrian Sundays this is my favorite area of Roman monuments.
Truly unique!
@@AncientRomeLive I enjoyed it but thought we were actually going to see the road out thru the city to the first milestones. Good nonetheless...
Este uluitor și fascinant faptul că romanii au construit în timpuri așa îndepărtate, construcții perfecte și trainice! Via Appia este un drum de mai bine de două mii de ani, și este încă practicabil!Iar mormântul Cecilia Metella,este grandios,a rezistat așa de bine timpului!
Such a lovely country and nice folks.
Except 2000 years ago when they crucified people along the road 🫣
@@mikejones-go8vz it’s rome..
Along with Hadrian's Wall, I hope to walk the length of the Via Appia someday. In the meantime, I will just have to enjoy your great videos!
Thank you! But let us be very honest. There are great areas to explore, but walking most of it would be VERY dangerous. Few sidewalks. Still, follow along the series: we show some of the best areas to visit!
I really enjoyed this video Darius! Thank you! My wife, son and I walked the first four miles and didn't know what a small fraction of the sites were along the way. This really filled in those many gaps. I look forward to more miles on this journey!
Yes, we are happy to share the walk on the first miles.. There is still so much we did NOT cover in this video... so we'll surely come back for more... You will be floored when you see the rest.. there are many locales and monuments that are barely known, and rarely visited. It was a pleasure for the team to explore and record!
Very good description of my own thoughts. I learned much new in this video. We walked 2-3 miles. This video made me eager to experience much more. Landscape. History. Sites to explore.
Thank you Darius. We love all your programs on ancient Rome. The Appian way is always a must when we visit. We often listen to Miklos Rozsa or Resphigi imagining the legions marching in. You're excellent. Keep them coming. We would love to have you as a guide.
Our pleasure! Stay tuned for Darius' own channel relaunch.
Fantastic stuff, Darius!! 🤩🤩🤩👍
Thank you. It's a whole team effort. Darius remains the frontman - but there is a lot of organization and participation- from the filming to the editing! related articles to found on ancientromelive.org
Thank you for the info. We walked this route several years ago, but didn't know a lot about these ancient sites.
We are here to share the stories and history!!
Yayyy episode 1😍
10:34 videos like this one are why this is my go to channel for the history of ancient rome. Keep up the great work.
THANK YOU
The views are beautiful
Another great video man. Bravo.
Many thanks. We are going to keep up the weekly rate for our videos- and we're sure that we will find that audience out there that wants original footage and expert information from our local team... vs. the more than usual rehashed images and conversation from someone's bedroom! We offer so much more! Spread the word!
What a nice trip you invited us on. In 2009 I was lucky to stroll along the first couple of miles of Via Appia. Next time I will do at least these first six miles. Your tour has inspired me. And I miss the adoring landscape, and all the sites to explore. The curves past the Alba Longa monuments was new to me, I'm not sure a guide book would have told that. So this video was educative too, like much of your work I have seen. You have a new subscriber. Cheers from Denmark.
Thank you! Lots of new content weekly- and free lectures each month if you sign up for our newsletter ancientromelive.org
@@AncientRomeLive Thank you for the link, I signed up for your newsletter. While Ukraine these days is taking the vast majority of my time, a bit of normal life is needed too. Thank you to your team.
Me and my son walked that road a few years back. Some places a bit dodgy, but it's all worth it! Especially the underground graveyard where the first Christians burried their dead ones. Really interesting! Walk long enough and you'll reach a crossroad where there's a busline.
Yes, a great experience. Especially once you get to the pedestrian only zones!
The greatest Darius Arya!!👍👍👍
Grazie mille! A team effort, always!
Exciting!!!
Thanks for joining us!
Awesome study and contents ! 👌
Glad you like them!
Thank you !!! 👍♥️
You are so welcome
Really interesting
Thanks for watching!
Thank you Ancient Rome Live! I've recommended this new series to people on the Textkit forum. Can you please talk more about the big lava paving stones and the gaps between them: were these stones always slightly separated (and if so, were the gaps originally filled with gravel or dirt to make it a smooth road to walk or ride on)? Or were the stones flush in the past, and (over the centuries) have separated from each other? Thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing our content! We can definitely offer a separate video on that topic. Literally a big lava flow by Caecilia Metella offered a ready- made quarry site. Not so easy to film- but we can share it better in the future. Depends on the road / but many had tight joins - as per Pompeii, Terracina, Minturnae- all coming up in future videos !
@@AncientRomeLive Thanks so much! It would also be great at the final episode to share any resources for travelling the via Appia ourselves as you've done in this series. (e.g. a map with the historical sites marked). I go to the via Appia each time I'm in Rome but have never gone further than the "episode 1" bit. Thanks again!
@@kalliagros23 as we travel down the route we highlight with a map where we are. It’s not a route that one can easily walk for most of it. You will need a car!
Lovely
Great video Darius. I’d love to learn more about Spartacus if you could make a video on the slave revolt. Thanks keep up the great work!
thank you! Yes, we should dedicate something more to him... Will definitely have something more to say about him in the Via Appia episode on Capua... coming soon!
@@AncientRomeLive looking forward to it. Thanks for replying!
I love this
Thank you. More on the way. Be sure to subscribe- we cover museums, sites- and just wait til 2023- we'll blow you away with the content! go to the community page to voice what you'd like us to make!
Hi Darius. We did a History Channel film shoot together in 2001 (I think). Great show! Can't wait to walk it myself. (Drusus, Legio Sextus)
Thank you from all of us. We'll pass on this note to Darius. What was the show?
My dream to walk on those stones. 🙏🏻
So very cool..amazing…ciao.
Thank you! Cheers!
grande dar!!
Grazie!
This video should be titled Showing select attractions along the Appian Way. I wanted to see the walk from the city gate to the first mile marker.
OMG I want to do a bike ride along the Appia Antica
Isn’t it more likely kilometer markings rather than mile stones?
Absolutely love the history which you present beautifully
They had invented the MILE- 1000 paces.. Just a bit shorter than our modern mile...
Romans used a kind of mile. They are basically the founders of the imperial system, which evoluated. The big difference is that basically, every inch or feet was dependant on the one of the local ruler/architect. In the middle ages, every town had different definitions for it, and in the 19th century in Europe, every country/state (yup, even those tiny german ones) had their own different inches and feet. Talk about a metric revolution lmfao.
The metric system was a product of the French Revolution.[1789]
Would you please cover the hillock near the tiber made of potsherds
Yes, we should do a separate episode on Testaccio!
I did this already. 20 years ago.
👏👍
I could really use some Appian Way advice. I'm going to Rome in mid May 2023. I'm a little old and don't have confidence in my balance so I can't go on a bicycle tour of the Appian Way. Furthermore, I had a hip replacement (yeah, I know, I know) which wasn't the most successful. I can walk, but 3 miles is about my limit. I don't want to hire a golf cart because it's only me and for one it is too expensive. Other than my mobility restrictions, my health is remarkable.
Here's my plan: I know there are parallel roads that sometimes intersect with the Appian Way. I'm thinking of using Google Earth to identify an access point about 3 miles down the Way and hire an Uber to take me there (from my hotel near Termini). So I would "start" 3 miles down and walk back to Rome proper. I can actually start farther down and stop occasionally for lunch and rest.
Any thoughts? Suggestions? Thank you.
There are some Ministry of Culture websites to help.. but really it's not that safe for the majority of the route from Rome to Brindisi. The best you can do is take a cab/ taxi to the start of the pedestrian area (Tomb of Caecilia Metella)- and then proceed without any traffic until you make it to the Temple of Hercules/ Tomb of Gallienus. Then the modern road cuts in... It's worth the effort- a whole day affair.
@@AncientRomeLive Thank you. I was only talking about as far down as the tomb of Seneca. What I want to avoid is having to walk one way then backtrack over the same distance, because of my walking limitation.
@@bill9989 You could have a taxi drop you off at the "end". Then it's a downhill walk toward Rome (so much easier). The "end" would be at Via Capanne di Marino that intersects with Via Appia Antica. It's clearly shown on google earth. That is the end of the archaeological - car-free route. It's a 10K walk back to Caecilia Metella. Enjoy!
@@AncientRomeLive Thank you. That may be my plan.
@@bill9989 Keep us posted. Also, we have 3 more Via Appia videos to complete the Via Appia trip. Stay tuned!
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Grazie!
So big…I saw this…wow…
Strange monument at 10:12....5 different types of construction in the same building
I gotta say is this about you Darius or about the story… who wants to look at you? I want to see the road.
how much of the Via Appia looks like that, only the first few kilometers out of the city of Rome?
Watch our whole series (playlist) to see for yourself!
I wonder how many Legions marched up and down that road.
In 1970 I drove on the Via Appia and there sarcophagi to be seen. When I walked the road a few years back, they had vanished. What happened to them?
I'm afraid they were stolen to decorate the gardens of some villas😢
Not sure which ones you are referring to... Do you have photos? Many of the sculptures and sarcophagi on the Via Appia have been replaced with casts or have been relocated to related museums for safekeeping.
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The bell isn't available to me. I try to ring it, but it is useless. I get no notification ever.
The bell just rings to remind you to subscribe. Please subscribe!
@@AncientRomeLive I am subscribed already. The ring should warn me about new videos.
Is he Darius Arya, the nice guy who produced the amazing documentary called "Under Italy"?
Yes, he is! You can see all of the episodes on Rai5 or RaiPlay
@@AncientRomeLive 👍
I enjoyed it but thought we were actually going to see the road out thru the city to the first milestones. Good nonetheless...
Many thanks. Watch the whole series. 6 published. 2 to go!
Roman roads last over 2000 years. Today's roads build with modern technology and equipment do not last a year without constant repairs.
Roman letters preserved are constanlty complaining how bad and impassible the roads are and that in winter they cannot get any new under pants because of it !
@@kc3718 I am sure that their equipment was as good as what we have today. After all it only was 2300 years ago. I wander if that had tractors, escavators, pavers, and more.
@@kc3718 What kind of weird comment is that? Why are you mentioning underpants in comments about a video on Roman roads?
If it is cobblestones, it is not walking. It is stumbling and tripping down the road. Definitely keeps you and the Roman Legions awake.
The road today is piecemeal and often recomposed by archaeologists. All in all, it's less pleasant than it would have been in antiquity.. Yes, a lot of stumbling today!
@@AncientRomeLive I think this recomposing is getting out of hand. Too many made-up rooftops and roads. There needs to be more research. Only show to the public what is factual.
Ohhh fuck just went to rome 2 months ago , but didnt go there i would have LOVE It but problem is too many things to see and monuments to visit
I’m jealous my friend.
Join us for the whole journey! Releasing more episodes soon! (That will make you even more jealous! Or satisfy your thirst for Ancient Rome!)
Where are the tombs..
Roads were always made of gravel over rocks. What you see today are only the road fundations made of rock.
It's surprising that the Romans who developed concrete
never used it for their roads with stones.mixed.
Yes, it was all stone for them for the large roads-
Original Road of famous Spartacus and his rebel slaves who were Crucified mercilessly
What is a Roman mile….
1482 metres
Don't need the face of the narrator blocking the views of the surroundings.
It would have been absolutely delightfull travelling along the via Apia with thousands of rotting Spartacus followers crucified along the whole way...
Yikes!
That's why Romans did it: a very good reminder of not rebelling against Rome.
Must have been nauseating slowly walking to Rome with so many miles of decomposing crucified slaves lining the road
I don't want to see this man and his weird voice, I want to see the Via Appia for goodness sake.
Very interesting but there's too much of you and your face, it just dominates the video, not wanted. Ever watched Fall of Civilisations? Fantastic and never see his face.
@dariusarya is our director and a top notch tv host - find another channel
@@AncientRomeLive He may be a 'top notch tv host' but his enunciation is dire, he has no idea how to stress words in English. It's distracting and bizarre. Is he the best you can do? The content of the videos is good, he spoils it.
I imagine the day when they look upon our ruins and comment on how the democrat party brought in the dark ages from 2025-3025!! History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme!!😂😂
There are NO miles in Italy!!! Respect us!
Non sai ciò che dici lui si riferisce a come i Romani calcolavano le distanze e cioè miglia
@@francescoconte9665 erano miglie romane, e no miglie americane!
Thatus a factus?
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