Civita Castellana (VT). Indagini archeologiche di emergenza nel suburbio di Falerii Veteres

Cignini, Nicoletta (2016) Civita Castellana (VT). Indagini archeologiche di emergenza nel suburbio di Falerii Veteres. FOLD&R FastiOnLine documents & research (357). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1828-3179

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Abstract

In 2013 the works for the construction of the new sewerage network in Civita Castellana have allowed to find a stretch of ancient road paved in via Roma in the suburb of Falerii Veteres. The street was not yet known by archaeologists. It is characterized by a pavement with small lava stones. We know that the Roman conquest of 241 B.C. entailed the abandonment of the Faliscan city and the foundation elsewhere of a new town, called Falerii Novi. However this new discovery joins to other known archaeological evidence documenting the continuity of attendance after this date both the sanctuaries - frequented until the end of II - beginning of I century B.C.- and Falerii Veteres plateau, on which there arose a small Roman burial ground. These testimonies are certainly evidence of the frequenting of the site (although limited) even after the conquest by Rome. A subsequent earthy street with edges in tuff blocks has overlapped on the ancient street: it probably was made when the eastern access to Civita Castellana was built, under the pontificate of Pope Pius VI.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Civita Castellana (VT), Falerii Veteres, strada, III-I sec. a.C.
Subjects: 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca.
900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. > 939 Archeologia – Altre Regioni del mondo antico
Depositing User: Dott.ssa Helga Di Giuseppe
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2016 10:24
Last Modified: 04 Aug 2016 10:24
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/14909

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