Falerii Novi – Huge Ancient Underground Roman City Reveals Its Secrets

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Roman Empire relied on a network of cities that played a pivotal role in the administration, social organization, and economy of its domain. By the first century A.D., there were approximately 2000 cities across the Roman world, including Falerii Novi. 

Historical records inform that Falerii Novi was founded by the Falisci tribe in 241 B.C., following the defeat of a revolt led by the inhabitants of nearby Falerii Veteres (now Civita Castellana). The fortified city of Falerii Novi in Lazio, Italy, was inhabited until the 7th century B.C., when it was abandoned and, more or less forgotten, lay buried beneath agricultural fields and olive groves.

"According to one source, 12th-century chronicler Zonaras, Rome forcibly resettled the defeated Faliscans to a less defensible location — Falerii Novi or "new Falerii." Its construction, intimately associated with the Roman road Via Amerina, is a rare example of preserved Roman Republican urban planning.

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