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Roman Umbria

This is an index to Roman remains in Umbria, including Etruscan and Italic remains. It was first compiled by indexing a number of sources (the most important of which was the Touring Club d'Italia's guide Umbria, referred to here as TCIUMB) and collating the indexes; then, as I've come to know Umbria up close — on foot — I've been adding quite a bit of firsthand information, both new material and corrections.

As thruout my site, by "Umbria" I mean the modern administrative region by that name, which differs significantly from Regio VI Umbria of the Romans. Simply put, the farther north you go in the area, the farther east Roman Umbria was than modern Umbria. Ancient Umbria reached the Adriatic coast in the north, including Ancona and Senigallia (Sena Gallica), both towns excluded on this page; it left in Etruria the entire right bank of the Tiber — including Perugia — which are part of modern Umbria and therefore included here.

The index on this page is organized according to the 92 modern comuni, each one of which, in italics, is linked to its homepage on my site. Within each comune all links are to pages on the Roman town (its ancient name in this color). Vestiges I know of are at least listed, and sometimes linked; conversely all links other than to the comune are specifically to Roman material. Where I say I know of no remains somewhere, that's exactly what I mean: there may be lots, but I'm by no means an expert and just don't know about them.

As of the latest revision of this page (5 Oct 08) there are still rather few links, but I've seen about half of the remains listed and have photographs and other information on about 90% of that half, so if I haven't churned out the webpage yet on some particular item you're interested in, just drop me a line and I'll be glad to help. Similarly with some of my earlier photos, inexpertly scanned: I'm slowly working my way thru my site and rescanning them, but if I haven't got to yours yet, again, that's what God made e‑mail for.

• Acquasparta

  • Portaria

    • church façade has a funerary relief from Carsulae

    • inscription

  • S. Giovanni de Butris

    • church built of Roman materials atop the remains of a Roman bridge on the Via Flaminia

• Allerona

  • remains of a Roman aqueduct, the Ponte Giulio, in the area of Allerona or Allerona Scalo (accounts differ)

  • cippi relating to the Via Trajana Nova (?); bits of the Via Cassia

  • remains of a Roman aqueduct, the Ponte Giulio, in the area of Allerona Scalo

  • loc. Molino, on both banks of the Paglia river: remains of what may have been a ferry crossing.

  • Sant' Ansano archaeological area: two Roman tombs still visible

• Alviano

  • Various ruins, among which especially a villa at Pupigliano thought by some, but probably on the mere coincidence of names, to be the home of a C. Popilius, tribune of the plebs.

• Amelia

  • polygonal masonry walls

  • in the via La Valle: another stretch of polygonal masonry walls

  • Palazzo Comunale: lapidary fragments, statues, sarcophagi, stelae, cippi, inscriptions; a puteal and a 1c A.D. votive altar

  • slight remains of Roman street or road pavement, now visible in the via della Repubblica

  • according to TCIUMB: Palazzo Farrattini: mosaic

  • Duomo: the belfry incorporates Roman fragments

  • Roman cisterns

• Arrone

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Assisi

  • Assisi: Assisium

    • Museo Civico

    • Temple of Minerva

    • remains of the forum: now under­ground; includes an unusual inscription recording the marones, Umbrian magistrates in charge of public works

    • partial but interesting remains of the amphitheatre

    • two beautiful villas in town

    • S. Rufino: a water reservoir

    • according to TCIUMB: on the road to S. Masseo: retaining walls

    • according to TCIUMB: walls in via S. Agnese

    • paleochristian sarcophagus; remains of a house in the crypt; according to TCIUMB: church of S. Maria Maggiore: part of a fountain reused over the main door. For the Roman house, that I have not been able to visit yet, I do have a readable copy of the text and diagrams on the panel provided onsite by the Soprintendenza: since it is copyright, I can't publish it online; you'll have to send me an individual e‑mail.

    • according to TCIUMB: Palazzo Fiumi-Roncalli: remains of a door or gate.

  • Castelnuovo

    • small Roman tomb

  • Paradiso

    • according to TCIUMB: Etruscan tomb: urns were found there.

  • S. Masseo

    • According to TCIUMB (1978), this rural church has a paleochristian sarcophagus. I have a suspicion it's the one I saw (2004) in S. Maria Maggiore, above.

• Attigliano

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Avigliano Umbro

  • Dunarobba

    • according to TCIUMB: church of S. Vittorina: paleochristian altar

• Baschi

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Bastia Umbra

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Bettona

  • Bettona: Vettona

    • Etruscan walls

  • Colle

    • Etruscan/Roman chamber tomb (2c B.C.)

• Bevagna

  • Bevagna: Mevania

    • theatre

    • temple (2c A.D.)

    • near the Porta Guelfa: remains of baths, mostly a black & white mosaic with marine subjects, lapidary remains

    • near the Porta Flaminia and near the Porta Molini: walls

    • former church of S. Vincenzo: pilasters

    • according to TCIUMB: church of S. Silvestro: inscriptions

    • according to TCIUMB: building in the corso Matteotti: major remains, incl. black & white mosaic

    • remains of an amphitheatre

• Calvi dell' Umbria

  • Calvi town

    • small funerary altar with inscription

• Campello sul Clitunno

  • Sources of the Clitumnus: fons Clitumni, fonti del Clitunno

    • the celebrated Tempietto: either one of the last ancient temples known, or one of the oldest Christian churches; no one knows.

• Cannara

  • Collemancio

    • abandoned city identified as Urvinum Hortense.

• Cascia

  • Cascia town

    • according to TCIUMB: lapidary fragments

  • Avendita

    • lapidary fragments & inscriptions

  • Cívita: Cursula

    • according to TCIUMB: many Roman vestiges in the area

  • Maltignano

    • according to TCIUMB: fragments & inscriptions; tombs

  • fraz. Piandoli: loc. Vespia: Vespasiae?

    • Sometimes identified as a place where Suetonius puts monuments of Vespasian's family; see my diary.

  • Roccatervi

    • according to TCIUMB: inscriptions in the church

  • Villa S. Silvestro

    • according to TCIUMB: major remains of temple of Ceres

• Castelgiorgio

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Castelritaldi

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Castelviscardo

  • A number of Etruscan tombs, with small necropoli at Le Callane and Conventaccio. There ought to be Roman remains as well, since both the Via Cassia and the Via Traiana Nova crossed the territory of the comune, but I'm not aware of any.

• Castiglione del Lago

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Cerreto di Spoleto

  • Ponte

    • Romano-Egyptian stone bowl, possibly an incense boat.

    • ?Roman column base

  • Triponzo

    • One of the most famous of all Roman road inscriptions.

• Citerna

  • Atena

    • A 3c‑2c tomb was found in the mid‑1930s: among the remains, a black kylix, a lance point

    • A few hundred meters away, a field of ancient glass and slag suggests a glass kiln in the area.

  • Buratto (just E of Citerna)

    • Small finds.

  • M. Rotondo

    • Aerial photography shows circular structures at the summit of the mountain, where in the mid‑1980s spot excavations revealed a pavement of crushed earthenware set in mortar, and underneath it, a tomb. Geomagnetic soundings have been rumored; no excavation report has been published yet.

  • Fighille

    • A larger group of finds, although scattered. The name Fighille almost certainly derives from the Latin root figul-, suggesting a potter's workshop.

  • Pistrino

    • Significant finds of potsherds and some tombs have been reported. The name Pistrino derives from Latin pistrinum, a flour mill.

• Città della Pieve

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Città di Castello

  • Città di Castello: Tifernum Tiberinum

    • the Canoscio hoard: a treasure of Late Antique and paleochristian silver

    • Palazzo Comunale: lapidary collection

  • Terme di Fontecchio

    • according to TCIUMB: spa mentioned by Pliny the Younger (remains?)

• Collazzone

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Corciano

  • for the territory of the comune, a long and informative offsite by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage (Benin Culturali) page once had good information. Foreseeing it would go belly-up, I kept the text of it: you can contact me.

• Costacciaro

  • Villa Scirca

    • Roman bridge

• Deruta

  • Deruta town

    • Palazzo Comunale: lapidary fragments & inscriptions

• Fabro

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune, although the frazione of Colonnetta is said to have been named for a Roman milestone — a "little column" — found there

• Ferentillo

  • Ferentillo town

    • early Lombard lapidary remains in at least one house wall

  • S. Pietro in Valle

    • votive cippus, lapidary fragments, inscriptions, 5 sarcophagi (Dionysus & Pan; Amor & Psyche; boar & antelope hunt; marine scenes); altar constructed out of 2 more sarcophagi

• Ficulle

  • church of S. Maria Vecchia: Mithraic cippus (CIL VI.3723; very large and fully readable photo available, just ask)

• Foligno

  • Foligno: Fulginium, Fulginia, Fulginiae

    • Museo archeologico del Palazzo Trinci: several major sculptures and inscriptions

  • Búdino

    • farmhouse, actually the church of S. Angelo del Rosario, built in part of Roman masonry

    • Roman travertine blocks thruout the village

  • Colfiorito

    • according to TCIUMB: Roman materials reused to build church of S. Maria di Plestia; remains of Italic and Roman buildings.

  • Fiamenga (*Flaminica)

    • about 2 km E: ruins of tombs (TCIUMB says south, but that's a mistake)

    • Roman travertine blocks thruout the village; a possible sarcophagus

  • Pieve Fanonica

    • Roman bridge

  • S. Giovanni Profiamma (Forum Flaminii)

    • Roman materials reused in the church

• Fossato di Vico

  • Fossato di Vico: (name unknown)

    • bridge over the Riga

    • a very ruined tower, the Torrione, is said by some to be 6c Byzantine.

  • Fossato Borgo

    • sarcophagus on the grounds of the church of S. Cristoforo

  • Palazzolo

    • bridge

• Fratta Todina

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Giano dell' Umbria

  • Giano town

    • according to TCIUMB: Palazzo del Municipio: remains of a villa; Palazzo Pretorio: mosaic

  • Bastardo

    • Via Flaminia bridge nearby: see Cavallara, in the comune of Gualdo Cattaneo.

  • Sumigni

    • At least one stray piece of Roman stone in front of the ruined castle.

• Giove

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

    Popular etymology ascribes the name of the town to the god Jupiter or Jove (in modern Italian, Giove), and has manufactured a temple of Jupiter in the area. No such temple has been found, and the origin of the town's name is almost certainly jugum, "crest" or "ridge", which is a good topographical description of its site.

• Gualdo Cattaneo

  • Cavallara

    • Via Flaminia bridge, referred to (but only in tourist literature) as the Ponte del Diavolo.

  • Collesecco (actually, about 1 km SE)

    • Roman travertine blocks in the church of S. Angelo Sconcolo.

• Gualdo Tadino

  • Gualdo: Tadinum

    • The site of the important 6c battle variously referred to as Tadinum, Tagina, etc. is very likely to be placed in the frazione of Caprara. For the battle, see J. B. Bury, History of the Later Roman Empire, Chap. XIX. Guided by some long-known Roman stone strewn around in the plain to the west of town, excavations were started in 2004 that have already uncovered public baths, a large domus, and what appears to be a market, maybe for cattle.

• Guardea

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Gubbio

  • Gubbio: Iguvium, Ikuvium

    • Museo Civico: Eugubine Tables

    • Palazzo Pretorio: mosaic

    • theatre

    • mausoleum

  • loc. Casamorcia

    • according to TCIUMB: remains of temple

  • fraz. Monteleto

    • according to TCIUMB: wall remains

  • loc. Vallingegno

    • The abbey (some general information here) has a Late Antique sarcophagus

• Lisciano Niccone

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Lugnano in Teverina

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Magione

  • Agello

    • according to TCIUMB: tombs, apparently of soldiers at the time of Hannibal's invasion

• Marsciano

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Massa Martana

  • Massa Martana

    • several inscriptions in the gate, including one of Hadrian's relating to his restoration of the Via Flaminia.

  • Ponte Fonnaia (Ponte Fondaia)

    • Via Flaminia: bridge

  • S. Fidenzio

    • according to TCIUMB: tombstone; tombs

  • S. Maria in Pantano: Vicus ad Martis

    • The very early medieval church incorporates a late Imperial building; also, Roman spolia — inscriptions and sculpture — are found both inside and outside the church, including in the main altar. A small site very close to the building has been under excavation since 2008.

  • loc. Villa S. Faustino

    • the abbey is constructed in large part of Roman masonry; inscriptions in the walls

• Montecastello di Vibio

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Montecastrilli

  • The 11c abbey church of S. Lorenzo in Nifili is partly constructed out of the remains of a 1c Roman tower tomb.

• Montecchio

  • Etruscan tombs have been excavated nearby, and the site is apparently open.

• Montefalco

  • Montefalco town

    • Museo S. Francesco: small archaeological section: reliefs, about 4 inscriptions, etc.; also, a cippus used as holy water stoup.

• Montefranco

  • Montefranco town

    • inscriptions

  • loc. Case S. Pietro

    • The casa Serinaldi includes several Roman lapidary remains in its walls.

  • M. Moro

    • Excavations in 2000 were yielding Picene-looking bronze votive statuettes.

• Montegabbione

  • Roman tombs have been found in the hamlet of Poggio della Croce.

• Monteleone di Orvieto

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Monteleone di Spoleto

  • Monteleone: Brufa

    • This is where the famous Etruscan chariot, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, was found. A full-sized replica is on display in town with good explanatory material: see my diary.

• Monte S. Maria Tiberina

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Montone

  • Roman remains have reportedly been found in S. Maria di Sette, which some identify as having been Pitulum Mergens.

• Narni

  • Narni: Narnia, Nequinum

    • the famous bridge, the largest in the Roman world

    • according to TCIUMB: Cathedral: pieces of the city walls, inside & outside the church

    • Arco del Vescovo: ruins of gate

    • in the basement of the Cassa del Risparmio (a bank): pavement (part of the platform of the forum)

    • according to TCIUMB: Loggia dei Priori: lion from a funerary monument; statue base

    • Palazzo del Podestà: lapidary fragments, inscriptions, tomb

    • church of S. Maria in Pensole (in the lower, rear annex to the actual church): reservoir with intact plaster; tomb with arcosolium. I've been in there, and it's not impressive, but it's spooky enough, with bones of the recently dead lying around by handfuls.

    • according to TCIUMB: nearby (1 km): substructure of the Via Flaminia

    • 2 km S along the Via Flaminia: pre-Roman rock carvings

  • S. Angelo in Massa

    • the abbey is built on the ruins of a 2c villa

  • Stifone

    • In 2005, a Roman shipyard was discovered, which is now being excavated. I haven't yet visited the site: see Christian Armadori's page.

• Nocera Umbra

  • Nocera: Nuceria Camellaria

    • according to TCIUMB: Pinacoteca Comunale: lapidary section includes inscriptions, a milestone of Vespasian indicating the turnoff to Ancona (essentially a Roman highway sign), a cippus dedicated to Gallienus, a portrait-bust of a woman of the imperial family, fragments of mosaic.

  • fraz. Nocera Scalo: loc. Le Spugne

    • Via Flaminia retaining wall

  • loc. Capannacce: substructures

  • loc. Cartiera: tombs

  • Maestà del Picchio: aqueduct-related remains

  • various small substructures between Nocera and Gaifana

• Norcia

  • Norcia: Nursia

    • S. Benedetto: in the crypt can be seen the apse of a building, with opus reticulatum

    • scattered thru town (in walls, doorjambs of houses, etc.): inscriptions

    • church of the Confraternità di S.Lorenzo: tombstones

    • the Castellina: statue, popularly said to be of Vespasia Polla (mother of Vespasian)

    • according to TCIUMB: Palazzo Colizzi: lapidary fragments, 3 cippi with inscriptions

    • according to TCIUMB: Palazzo Comunale: inscription

  • Ancarano:

    • Roman inscription in front of the smaller church

  • fraz. Campi:

    • nice monumental inscription in the church of S. Andrea

    • according to TCIUMB: many fragments of inscriptions in the walls of the church of S. Salvatore

• Orvieto

  • Orvieto: Urbs Vetus (early medieval name); Volsinii Veteres?, Fanum Voltumnae??, Salpinum??

    • Museo Archeologico Nazionale in the Palazzo dei Papi: arches, milestones, statues, Etruscan remains

    • Temple of the Belvedere: Etruscan tetrastyle temple of the ?5c B.C.

    • Museo Claudio Faina: Etruscan finds: head of Larth Cupures Aranthia, the "Venus of Cannicella", architectural fragments of the temples of the Belvedere and of the via S. Leonardo (420 B.C.), Etruscan sarcophagus from Torre S. Severo; Etruscan vases with scenes of afterlife (the Vanth collection); pottery (buccheri), jewelry, etc.

    • Abbey of SS. Severo e Martirio

      • according to TCIUMB: reliefs

    • according to TCIUMB: S. Giovanni Evangelista: 4c A.D. column supports the holy water stoup

    • according to TCIUMB: Scuola Militare di Educazione Fisica: Etruscan oven or kiln

  • Crocifisso di Tufo

    • Etruscan necropolis, 6c thru 3c B.C.

  • Sette Camini

    • 2 Etruscan tombs the paintings are now in the Museo Archeologico of Florence. To visit the tombs themselves, ask the custodian of the necropolis of Crocifisso di Tufo

• Otricoli

  • Otricoli town: hundreds of lapidary remains, including some inscriptions, scattered throughout the town

    • Crypt of the church of S. Maria Assunta: massive Roman walls.

  • Ocriculum, about 2 km S of the modern town: theatre, building, baths with marine mosaic, amphitheatre. Excavations at Ocriculum in the late 18c yielded several important finds, now in the Vatican Museums; the most important of them are a large mosaic in the Sala Rotonda (detail) and the famous Otricoli Jupiter, a head 60 cm high, apparently from a colossal statue of the god.

• Paciano

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Panicale

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Parrano

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Passignano

  • Quarantaia: remains of a Roman villa

• Penna in Teverina

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Perugia

  • Perugia: Perusia

    • the so‑called Etruscan arch, which does contain Etruscan material

    • the Museo archeological Nazionale dell' Umbria is an immense repository of Roman but mostly Etruscan material: inscriptions, sarcophagi, pottery, etc. The ground floor of the cloister includes a reconstruction of the transported interior of the Tomb of the Hescanas.

  • Ipogeo dei Volumni

    • large necropolis with Etruscan chamber tomb

  • fraz. S. Giovanni del Pantano

    • the Tomba del Faggeto, an Etruscan tomb of exceptional interest. (The TCIUMB reports this as a "hypogeum" at "Pantano, in the frazione of Colle Umberto I": all of which is very loose writing. The tomb is above ground.)

• Piegaro

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Pietralunga

  • An old stone road, said to be Roman, undoubtedly existed thru at least 1995, and photographs of it appear in printed works. It is reported to be nearly destroyed now; I am in doubt as to whether I saw it or not: here is what I did see.

  • For the question of whether the emperor Pertinax may have been born here, see my note to the Historia Augusta, Pert. 1.2.

• Poggiodomo

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Polino

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Porano

  • somewhere in the territory of the comune an inscribed Etruscan cippus has been found.

  • Castel Rubello

    • Etruscan tomb of the Hescanas family, with Etruscan paintings now removed from this remote place, to the Museo Archeologico in Perugia, (q.v.)

• Preci

  • Saccovescio

    • Roman altar

• S. Anatolia di Narco

  • S. Anatolia town

    • church of S. Maria delle Grazie: 2 Roman inscriptions

• S. Giustino

  • loc. Colle Plinio

    • walls, mosaics, marble remains: possibly Pliny the Younger's villa "in Tuscis"

• S. Venanzo

  • A Roman or pre-Roman shrine was discovered on M. Peglia in the late 1990's.

  • loc. Poggio delle Civitelle

    • Italic (pre-Roman) and Roman remains: excavations underway.

• San Gemini

  • San Gemini: Casuentum

    • according to TCIUMB: mosaics

    • according to TCIUMB: S. Francesco: capital, lapidary fragments incl. ?Roman lion

  • Carsulae

    • Roman city, abandoned in Late Antiquity: includes a theatre, an amphitheatre, a forum, several streets, a gate with adjacent monumental tombs, and a paleochristian church of S. Damiano.

  • S of town, on road to Narni, remains of bridges of the Via Flaminia:

    • Ponte Caldaro

    • Ponte Calamone

• Scheggia

  • Scheggia: Schisa

  • abbey of S. Maria di Sitria according to TCIUMB: The crypt of the church (6c) is supported by a column with Corinthian capital

• Scheggino

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Sellano

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Sigillo

  • Sigillo: Suillum?

    • remains of the important bridge of Spiano, connected with the Via Flaminia

    • mysterious stone arc prominently displayed in front of the town hall, appears to be the margin of a Roman well?

• Spello

  • Spello: Hispellum

    • a fairly well-preserved circuit of Roman walls, with 3 Roman gates and traces of 3 more

    • aqueduct, mostly under­ground; several miles long from the source, and including distribution conduits within the town, as well as a remote aqueduct-bridge (the Ponte di Parasacco)

    • amphitheatre

    • baths (excavations in the lower town, 1998)

    • a largish lapidary collection in the Palazzo Comunale includes many inscriptions, among which the famous Edict of Constantine (CIL11.5265 = ILS 705).

    • vestiges of an apparent temple on the grounds of the Villa Fidelia

    • traces of a theatre

    • black-and‑white mosaics said to be in the boiler room of the city's hospital; I've been unable to verify whether they do exist in fact.

  • Collepino

    • a sarcophagus and an aqueduct inscription

  • S. Maria del Mausoleo

    • large Roman tomb turned into a church in the Middle Ages

• Spoleto

  • Spoleto: Spoletium

    • theatre

    • amphitheatre

    • house, identified by some with that of Vespasia Polla mother of Vespasian (but this is very likely sheer boosterism), with painted walls.

    • Museo Civico: sarcophagus of Pontia, inscriptions, 3c B.C. cippi with archaic Latin inscriptions (lex Spoletina), Etruscan and other pottery, etc.

    • Piazza del Duomo: sarcophagus used as a fountain

    • Ponte Sanguinario: bridge

    • Arch of Drusus

    • nearby, church of S. Salvatore: temple. For now, only a Late Antique capital onsite, but this is a major Roman monument, and will eventually get its own page.

    • according to TCIUMB: miscellaneous small buildings, one of which a so‑called "basilica"

    • church of S. Gregorio della Sinagoga: 20‑meter-long Roman hallway, mosaic pavement

    • church of S. Gregorio Maggiore: built of Roman material

    • near S. Gregorio Maggiore: mosaic (opus spicatum or herringbone pattern)

    • pre-Roman and Roman walls 2 km long, 5c B.C. cyclopean work thru the Augustan period, topped by medieval

    • remains of 2c A.D. baths restored in 4c

    • Palazzo Gentiletti: important remains of building of uncertain purpose: portico, pilasters, capitals

    • Rocca: pre-Roman & Roman walls

    • nearby, church of S. Pietro: rectory wall has embedded sculptures

    • nearby, church of S. Ponziano: Roman lapidary material and spolia, including a column that might conceivably be the spina of a local circus

  • fraz. Collerisana

    • according to TCIUMB: chamber tomb of the gens Codonia

  • fraz. Pontebari

    • vestiges of a Roman bridge

• Stroncone

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Terni

  • Terni: Interamnia Nahars

    • amphitheatre

    • according to TCIUMB: Palazzo dei Mazzancolli: fragments of Roman marble

    • according to TCIUMB: 200 m of walls

    • according to TCIUMB: Museo Preistorico: also contains altars, reliefs (incl. one showing Mithra killing a bull), inscriptions, paleochristian sarcophagi, lapidary fragments, etc.

    • according to TCIUMB: the nearby church of S. Maria del Monumento was constructed out of a funerary monument; there are still inscriptions and fragments

  • fraz. Cesi

    • former church of S. Andrea, in town: Roman lapidary material in walls

    • Monte Torre Maggiore: Italic (pre-Roman) shrine

    • S. Erasmo: pre-Roman polygonal masonry walls

  • fraz. Marmore: Cascata delle Marmore

    • the natural-looking waterfall was in fact initially the work of Roman engineers in 271 B.C.

• Todi

  • Todi: Tuder

    • Museo Etrusco-Romano: statues, pottery, lapidary fragments, coins, household objects, Etruscan weight (?), altar. A replica of the celebrated Todi Mars found here (the original is in the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco in the Vatican).

    • Etruscan walls

    • Porta Marzia: medieval gate constructed of Roman stone masonry

    • the "Nicchioni", 4 monumental Roman niches (has sometimes been called, mistakenly, the "Foro Romano", as posted on local signs even).

    • Roman Forum: the pavement of the true forum has been found deep under­ground, under Todi's successor main square, the Piazza del Popolo; some Roman cisterns can now be visited: public entrance on the Via del Monte. For information call (075) 894.4148. (Thanks to Dr. Maud Gleason for this heads‑up, since my last visit to Todi.)

    • amphitheatre: very slight remains

  • Cacciano

    • at least one stray piece of Roman stone reused in a house wall

  • Figareto (Ficareto)

    • at least one stray piece of Roman stone reused in a house wall

• Torgiano

  • Torgiano town

    • The Lungarotti wine museum includes items related to Roman wine-making

• Trevi

  • Trevi: Trebiae

    • Roman walls (although opinion is divided)

    • finds in the Palazzo Valenti

    • finds in the Pinacoteca

    • ex-cathedral S. Emiliano: inscription

  • surrounding comune: several small churches include Roman lapidary material

    • S. Apollinare

    • S. Donato di Matigge

    • S. Maria di Pietrarossa

      • many archaeological remains; pilasters and columns reused in the church. A large inscription, apparently a monumental dedication to Iupiter Optimus Maximus, has been recently found. It's usually considered that Pietrarossa was the main town of Trevi in Roman times, and there is an early medieval tradition of Roman baths here.

    • S. Pietro a Pettine

• Tuoro

  • according to TCIUMB: site of the battle of Lake Trasimene; there are said to be some ustrina (Roman crematory ovens) extant, but I have not seen them. See my diary, 7 Sep 98.

• Umbertide

  • I know of no certain Roman remains within the territory of the comune; but have heard rumors of "Etruscan" finds on the top of M. Acuto. Also, the 19c scholar Mariano Guardabassi is reported to have felt — I've been unable so far to find such a statement of his in print — that a small polygonal building in Lame (sometimes called Lama), about 1 km N of town, is Etruscan; if so, this would be exceptional, since it doesn't appear to be funerary.

• Valfabbrica

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Vallo di Nera

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

• Valtopina

  • I know of no Roman remains within the territory of the comune.

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