What Roman road connected Rome with Brindisi in southern Italy?

The Roman road connecting Rome with Brindisi in southern Italy was the Via Appia, or Appian Way.

The censor Appius Claudius Caecus began the road in 312 BCE. It first linked Rome with Capua and was later extended through southern Italy to Brundisium, the modern city of Brindisi. That port connected Rome to routes across the Adriatic and toward the eastern Mediterranean.

The Via Appia supported military movement, administration, trade, and communication. Roman roads were built in layers and often used durable stone surfaces, though construction varied by terrain. Its importance inspired the later saying that many roads lead to Rome, but the Via Appia itself was one specific and strategically vital route.