 
<translate> Ajụjụ bụ: Ihe gbara ya gburugburu: A kpọrọ okporo ụzọ ahụ aha Appius Claudius Caecus, onye na-enyocha ndị Rom nke malitere ma mezue ngalaba mbụ dị ka ụzọ agha na ndịda na 312 BC n'oge Agha Samnite.  Ajụjụ: Olee mgbe ndị Rom malitere iwu okporo ụzọ a na-akpọ Via Apia? Nzọụkwụ site na nzọụkwụ: Iji zaa ajụjụ ahụ, tụlee ihe ndị na-esonụ: E nyere okporo ụzọ ahụ aha Appius Claudius Caecus, onye Rom na-enyocha akwụkwọ, bụ́ onye malitere ma wuchaa akụkụ ya nke mbụ dị ka okporo ụzọ ndị agha n'ebe ndịda na 312 T.O.A. n'oge Agha Samnite. <eng> The question is: Context: The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC during the Samnite Wars.

Question: when did the romans start building the via apia?
Step-by-step reasoning process: To answer the question, consider the following: The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC during the Samnite Wars.
 