Forum Novum in Torri in Sabina was one of the most important roman cities in the Sabina province, north east of Rome. The Archaeological Area is next to the Sanctuary of Saint Mary of Vescovio which was built on an ancient pagan temple.
The oldest archaeological findings date back to the period of the Sabines, although the Romans have the merit of making this a very important area, as evidenced by the remains of the Forum Novum market town. Forum Novum dates back to the second century BC and it was built on a terrace between the Via Flaminia and the Via Salaria.
The ‘novum’ name comes from the fact that there was a more ancient market of Sabina origin.
As is clear from the epigraphs, the city became a municipality during the empire. The inscriptions also recall an aqueduct, built by a private citizen, which fed a fountain and spas.
They have been revealed vast areas of the town inhabited: the forum, the basilica, some shops, a temple and along the road there are funerary monuments and arches of an aqueduct.
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