Lucus Feroniae - Capena
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Lucus Feroniae is an archaeological site located in the municipality of Capena on the via Tiberina, on the border with the council of Fiano Romano and the toll booth of the A1 Rome – Milan motorway.
The visit starts at the Foro (Forum), with its flag stone floor still visible and an arcade running along the Western flank. Whereas on the Eastern wall, next to the ancient sacred area, there is a long tank, the remains of an aqueduct and probably a water clock. An altar used for the plebeian worship of the goddess Feronia lies in the Northern part of the forum. Adjacent to the altar is the basilica, with lateral ambulatory arches bounded by columns and pedestals for statues. Behind this basilica is a small unidentified temple, with a round altar and the Cesareo: this apse is decorated with marbles and a floor in the inlaid opus sectile style. Statues (including a noteworthy bust of Vespasian) and dedications to the emperors were found in this room.
Outside the forum is the sanctuary of Feronia, which was completely sacked. But inside you can still see the tufo stone base of the altar, while the remains of columns with Corinthian-Italic capitals and fragments of a tympanum from the 2nd century BC are in the adjoining square of the forum. Crossing back through the forum you can see a taberna (shop) and a small thermal bath complex used until the High Middle Ages. Continuing in a Westerly direction and you can also visit a late republican domus, with mosaic floors from the Imperial age, and the tiny amphitheatre built on the orders of a freedman in the Julio-Claudius age. Finally, to the North of the amphitheatre you can see the main thermal baths. The antiquarium within the archaeological area contains many of the epigraphs found at the site.
Outside the forum is the sanctuary of Feronia, which was completely sacked. But inside you can still see the tufo stone base of the altar, while the remains of columns with Corinthian-Italic capitals and fragments of a tympanum from the 2nd century BC are in the adjoining square of the forum. Crossing back through the forum you can see a taberna (shop) and a small thermal bath complex used until the High Middle Ages. Continuing in a Westerly direction and you can also visit a late republican domus, with mosaic floors from the Imperial age, and the tiny amphitheatre built on the orders of a freedman in the Julio-Claudius age. Finally, to the North of the amphitheatre you can see the main thermal baths. The antiquarium within the archaeological area contains many of the epigraphs found at the site.
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