Location Lazio, Italy Type Settlement Excavation dates yes | Region Provincia di Roma Cultures Ancient Rome | |
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Periods Roman Republic Roman Empire Address Via Tiberina, 00060 Capena RM, Italy Similar Area Archeologica di Veio S, Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorativ, Antiquarium, Monte Soratte, Cerite National Museum | ||
Lucus feroniae la colonia julia felix scavi archeologici
Lucus Feroniae was an ancient sacred grove ("lucus") dedicated to the Sabine goddess Feronia. It was located in Etruria, across the ancient Via Tiberina, in what is now the territory of the modern commune of Capena, Lazio, next to the border with the neighbouring comune of Fiano Romano.
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It was visited both by Latins and Sabines even in the time of Tullus Hostilius and was plundered by Hannibal in 211 BCE. In Imperial times it became an independent community receiving a colony of Octavian's veterans (Colonia Iulia felix Lucoferensis) and possessing an amphitheatre, capable of housing up to 5,000 spectators, a basilica, a forum, baths and numerous other edifices. See Feronia (Etruria).
A museum houses parts of statues, some of them with interchangeable hands and heads, depending from the current emperor ruling.
The villa of the Volusii Saturnini is located nearby.