I have always been fascinated by this road, and I have desire to cross this road on foot..Or more precisely, parts of the road.. I recently found a great website which deals with this topic, so if someone is interested to take long and very hard walk on this beautiful road, here is good info.. https://www.camminodellappia.it/en/category/walking-on-appia-antica/ https://www.camminodellappia.it/en/2020/06/10/video-to-fly-over-any-of-the-29-stages-of-the-way/
Fun indeed! I once did a bycicle ride up to the circus of Maxentius. It was awesome! And if you do that, you should bring your metal detector @galba68 ;-)
Walking the Appian Way was the highlight of my last trip to Rome. I believe they close the road on Sundays to automobile traffic. Definitely the time to go.
I can easily picture dozens of people combing over Rome with detectors. I'm sure plenty of awesome stuff would be found, but at what cost...
Is their any known archaeological remnants of Crassus's crucifixion of Spartican slaves. You know a reasonably spaced line of post holes? Either side too?