(urth) Appian

[Adam Thornton]

On Aug 29, 2006, at 8:50 AM, Mo Holkar wrote:
> And I think I would be rather disappointed if Wolfe did intend
> "Appian" mainly to convey "Apian". Other references of Appian -- (a)
> the C2 historian of that name, and (b) the most important road into
> Rome, built by the populist consul Appius Claudius. Dunno quite where
> those take us though.

Well, my Theory Of Stupid Onomastics ("Appian->Vera/Verus->Severian")  
relies on (b).  The Appian Way takes us to Rome, of course.  Or to  
Brindisi if we're walking in the other direction.  Neither of which  
have anything, alas, to do with the New Sun.

Adam