Appius Claudius Caecus
The Claudian gens was also one of the proudest and most conservative families at Rome, nearly always siding with the aristocratic party against the plebs and the more reform-minded amongst the patricians. Many of them were known as much by the praenomen Appius as by the nomen Claudius, and the most famous of Roman roads, the "Via Appia", or Appian Way, was named for its builder, Appius Claudius Caecus.