Il mare color del vino. La villa marittima romana di San Benedetto del Tronto

Fabrizio Pesando

doi:10.6093/978-88-6719-274-8

Il mare color del vino. La villa marittima romana di San Benedetto del Tronto

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Fabrizio Pesando

University of Naples L'Orientale

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6719-274-8

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Publisher: UniorPress

Series: Miscellaneous

Pages: 90

Language: Italian

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/urn:nbn:it:unina-29527

Abstract: The archaeological area unearthed between 2010 and 2021 during urban redevelopment works in the Paese Alto of San Benedetto represents, to date, the oldest evidence of the town's frequentation. In the second half of the first century B.C. a villa was built on a small promontory overlooking the sea, consisting, as was customary for the time, of two sectors: a residential and a productive one. Together with similar evidence identified along the southern coast of the Picenum and now accessible after excavation and enhancement activities (Cupra Marittima, Tortoreto) the villa of San Benedetto constitutes valuable evidence of Picenum wine production, mentioned by Pliny the Elder. Abandoned in the 4th century AD, the villa was occupied by a cemetery that formed a nucleus of aggregation for the residents, who elected it as a place of worship of the martyr Benedict.

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Author Biography

Fabrizio Pesando, University of Naples L'Orientale

Fabrizio Pesando is professor of Archaeology and History of Roman Art at the University of Naples L'Orientale; since 2015 he has been the University's scientific officer for activities at the Cupra Marittima Archaeological Park and is a member of the Technical Scientific Committee for the management of the Park.