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The Appian Way was created in 312 B.C. it connected the Roman Form to what is modern Brindisi. It covered 350 miles and was built by Appius Claudius Caecus.
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Appius Claudius Caudex was the grandson of Appius Claudius Caecus, and he served as a Roman Consul in 264 B.C.. He started a conflict with Carthage that eventually created the First Punic War.
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In 218 B.C. Hannibal led Elephants to war against the Romans in the Punic wars. This way of fighting was ingenious and would be mimicked in the future.
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In 43 A.D. the Emperor Claudius brought the first recorded Elephant to England in the Roman conquest.
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A major road junction in England was named Elephant and Castle. Without the Elephant being introduced to Englan, this wouldn't have been possible.
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This castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is also in the U.K., was used to hold prisoners of war during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Alexander Graham Bell was born in the same city as the Edinburgh castle was. In his life, he would accomplish great things.
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Bell's father took him to see an automated machine that simulated a human voice. Bell became interested by this machine and started experimenting with sound and communication.
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Bell began to make advances in experiments with telegraphs, and starts on the path to creating the telephone.
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Bell made succesful telephone transmission, though voices were unclear. There needed to be improvents.
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The first clear telephone call was completed.
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Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone was approved and the telephone was officially invented
