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In Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata Pars I, cap. VI it says,
Quam longa est via Flaminia? Neque ea tam longa est quam via Appia.
I am unsure as to how to translate 'neque' here or rather why it is used here. Intuitively, I would translate the response as, 'It is not as long as the Via Appia.' But then why does it say 'neque' instead of 'non'?
The text goes as follows:
Brundisium non est prope Romam, sed procul ab Roma: via Appia longa est. Via Latina non tam longa est quam via Appia. Quam longa est via Flaminia? Neque ea tam longa est quam via Appia.
Before we look this up, let's remember that LLPSI is supposed to teach us Latin. What can this sentence possibly mean? We just met the Via Latina, which was not as long as the super-long Via Appia. Now comes the Via Flaminia, and …
Get it?
That is the basic meaning of neque: and not, also not.
