City under the dominion of Capena at first. It became later a Roman colony already thriving around 500/400 BC, famous as home to the Temple of Feronia and for the large market
Feronia was
an ancient Italic goddess of the sources, woods, everything that comes out of
the ground in the light of the sun and also goddess of the freed slaves
It was
sacked by Hannibal in 211 BC
In late
Republican it was called Colonia Iulia
Felix Lucus Feroniae
It was
prosperous in the imperial period with major restorations at the time of Trajan
(98/117)
Identified
in 1952, excavations since 1962
Archaeological
Museum
Room One
Collection
of statues of Augustus and of members of his family found in the small TEMPLE
OF AUGUSTUS (Augusteum)
Room Two
Objects of
the ancient populations of the area around the city, objects from the necropolis
and from the rural settlements
The museum
will be expanded
Archaeological
site
FORUM
114 x 21 m
(374 x 69 feet)
Portico
with tabernae bordering the Great Baths. Nearby area with horrea (warehouses)
On one side
Basilica communicating with a small
temple adjacent to the Augusteum
AMPHITHEATER
End of the
first century AD not far from the Forum, among the smallest found in Italy,
built at the expense of M. Silius Epaphroditus, a generous citizen
It was
built near a small thermal complex perhaps private
Villa
of the Gens Volusia
Powerful
family from Cingoli in the Marche region. They moved to Rome in the first
century BC and soon they became very important and prominent
Originally
the house was twice as big now
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