Road communications were highly developed in the ancient Roman world. The different parts of the Roman Empire were connected by an excellent network of highways. On the map on page 40 you see the most important Roman roads in Italy, among them the famous Via Appia, running southward from Rome and continuing all the way to Brundisium. Running almost parallel to the Via Appia is the Via Latina, which passes the town of Tusculum mentioned in the first chapter. Julius’s villa stands in the