Un paesaggio di età romana rivelato. Potentia e la valle del Potenza fra l'Appennino e il mare Adriatico. Revealing a Roman Landscape. Potentia and the Potenza valley between the Apennines and the Adriatic Sea

A landscape that reads like a history book, the one of the of the Potenza River valley in Marche, a major communication corridor between the Apennines and the Adriatic since Antiquity. Thanks in particular to the recent non-invasive investigations and intensive surveys conducted by Ghent University, there is today an extraordinary amount of information that, coupled with the results from previous and more traditional archaeological investigations, exemplify the impact of Romanization on these territories and of cultural interaction between Romans, Picenes and other populations who lived in the area.
Particular attention is paid to the coastal town of Potentia, a colony founded at the beginning of the 2nd century BC. which, thanks to its crucial position between the valley and the sea, was essential for the formation of this ancient Roman landscape.