Larinum

In Roman times, Larinum was a thriving and large settlement of ancient origin, located in the hills of the hinterland at an altitude of about 400 m, not far from the coast of the Adriatic Sea, of considerable importance due to its strategic location: it stretched over a large, fertile and flat area, in a strategic position, overlooking the valley floor and the lower course of the Biferno river, and it was also an important road junction, as it was located at the convergence of important road axes, which allowed profitable trade exchanges.

These particular geographical features, together with the favourable climate and the fertility of the soil, which was easy to cultivate, explain the prosperity and economic development of Larinum, which already reached its peak in the 3rd century BC. This made it a frontier town and a crossroads of cultures, between the Adriatic coast and the inland area of Samnium, always open to the influences of different cultural environments, as confirmed by the…