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- adjective Of or pertaining to Appius Claudius Caecus (ca. 340 BC–273 BC), Ancient Roman politician who built the Appian Way.
Etymologies
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One of the production companies, called Appian Way, is run by Leonardo DiCaprio himself, and has been picking up the rights to high profile projects left and right.
Leonardo DiCaprio Won't Star in Either Akira or Ninja Scroll « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Now some, who had the good fortune to secure such boats as were lying at anchor in the harbour [125] of Rome, secured passage, but the rest went on foot by the road which is called the Appian Way.
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The first great road, called the Appian Way, was made during the period of the Samnite wars.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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When the Holmes house was taken down, he went to live with an old domestic in a small house on the street amusingly called Appian Way.
Cambridge Neighbors (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878
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When the Holmes house was taken down, he went to live with an old domestic in a small house on the street amusingly called Appian Way.
Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship William Dean Howells 1878
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They surface many of the errors and exception handling through Appian, which is exactly what you should be using an orchestration engine for.
Column 2 2008
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This road was called the Appian Way, and alfo the Queen of Roads.
An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time 1780
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DiCaprio's production partner, Jennifer Killoran of the Oscar-nominated actor's Appian Way production company, said Larson's book was truly a one-of-its-kind American story about our nation's first serial killer.
Leonardo DiCaprio to play America's first serial killer Ben Child 2010
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After Sparticus was defeated the Romans lined the Appian way with crosses loaded with condemned rebellious slaves.
Friendly religious questions for Christians and other monotheists 2009
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After Sparticus was defeated the Romans lined the Appian way with crosses loaded with condemned rebellious slaves.
Friendly religious questions for Christians and other monotheists 2009
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