Carsulae

Carsulae was born along Via Flaminia, and because of this, it was a center of aggregation of the pre-Roman people, residing on the hills or in the nearby countryside. The opening of Via Flaminia, traced back to between 220 and 219 B.C. along which unfolded the traffic between Rome and the Adriatic and more in general towards Northern Italy, represented a moment of great development for the territory; the traffic which unfolded along the street stimulated the movement of the people towards the zones that it crossed, and it is most likely that the center of Carsulae rose during this phase.
Archaeological excavations in the zone took place beginning in the 16th century and then in an intensive manner between 1951 and 1972, bringing back to light a large quantity of monuments and buildings, other than a series of inscriptions, from which comes the image of a rich and politically active municipality, whose inhabitants were rectified by important magistratures, and they met in categorized associations. The definitive urban set-up dates back to the Augustan era, when the city obtained the municipal constitution and was assigned to the Clustumina tribe. The decline that followed and its abandonment were in direct relationship with the loss of the eastern branch of the Flaminia, towards the plains of Spoleto, as well as an earthquake that caused many public and private buildings to fall.
Today we can see beyond a long stretch of the original pavement of Via Flaminia, the significant remains of two twin temples, the amphitheater, theater, Arch of San Damiano, and the monumental tombs.