a Sabine by birth, one of the principal inhabitants of Regillium. His shining merit having drawn the envy of his fellow-citizens upon him, he retired to Rome with all his clan. Appius was admitted among the patricians, and was made consul with Publius Servilius Priscus in B.C. 495; but he was hated by the plebeians, being an austere opposer of their demands. The Claudian family continued long one of the most illustrious of the patrician families in Rome, and several in succession of the name of Appius supported the same stern character that distinguished their first founder.