n.s.gill: faber est suae quisque fortunae ('roma' novel)

More on this Kaeso:  Faber est suae quisque fortunae

[...]  I enjoyed the way the reader saw double entendres in the acclaim Kaeso received for being a great man killer, but I did expect him to get caught, especially when his cousin, who had read and wanted the documents back, didn't seem to get them back.

I had the same reaction.

Here is another photo of the Via Appia, at Minturno

… and here is what it looked like as a romantic view in the 19th century

Campanian Landscape by Franz Nadorp (German, 1794-1876)

 

Images courtesy Wikimedia Commons, Via Appia