Appian \Ap"pi*an\, a. [L. Appius, Appianus.]

Of or pertaining to Appius.

Appian Way, the great paved highway from ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi, constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)