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Rome's Appia Run: Race through history on the Appian Way

By: Wanted in Rome

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19 Mar, 2025

Roma Appia Run marks Jubilee Year by including Catacombs of San Callisto in route.

Rome will hold the 26th edition of the Roma Appia Run, a unique sporting event along the ancient Appian Way, in three different formats on Sunday 13 April.

The 2025 event includes two competitive and non-competitive routes - 16.9-km and 9.9-km - alongside a 5-km non-competitive route for those who prefer a short run or walk.

A novelty this year is a modified route which includes exclusive access to the Catacombs of San Callisto, to mark the Vatican's Jubilee Year, resulting in the longer than usual 16.9-km main event and the addition of the 9.9-km run.

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Roma Appia Run organiser Roberto De Benedittis said this year will be a "doubly special edition because it will be the first to be run on the Appian Way since the famous "regina viarum" became a UNESCO World Heritage Site" last summer.

The running event, which starts and finishes near the Baths of Caracalla.is held over various surfaces including the ancient paving stones along the Appia Antica.

The Appia Run begins at 09.00 (for those in the 5-km run) and 09.30 (for the 16.7-km and 9.9-km routes) from Via delle Terme di Caracalla and ends at the Nando Martellini stadium.

For full details including registration see the Roma Appia Run website.