Brundisium in 218 B.C.

Brundisium — Roman Republic › Latin Colonies.

Founded 244 BC on the heel of Italy, Brundisium possessed the finest natural harbour on the Adriatic and was Rome’s gateway to Greece and the East. From its quays armies and embassies crossed to Illyria and Macedon, and the via Appia would in time run all the way to its moles.