DESCRIPTION

Castelleone of Suasa, is part of the archaeological park the Roman municipium, an important centre of the Valley of Cesano, which stood along the byway of the Via Flaminia leading from Vicus Cales (Cagli) to Sena Gallica (Senigallia). A program of excavations sponsored by the University of Bologna in collaboration with the Archaeological Superintendence of the Marche, has succeeded in tracing the ancient paved road, the business centre with shops and workshops, two burial grounds, the amphitheatre (end of the first century BC), public buildings, and several private housing facilities and especially the rich patrician house called domus di Coiedii.
This is one of the most beautiful domus of central Italy; it is a private residence located along the main road axis of the city; it extends for 3,000 square metres and has rich architectural features.
The mosaics are representative of four centuries of this art, ranging from the first century BC to the third century AD. The walls of the domus were decorated with beautiful frescoes, recovered and partially reassembled and visible to the Civic Archaeological Museum "A. Casagrande" Roman city of Suasa in Castelleone di Suasa. The whole area has survived almost intact, full of the decorative flooring, part of walls and some parts of the elevations of the walls made of bricks in raw clay, set up on brick plinths, technique, attested by ancient sources, but rarely used in archaeological reality. The period of construction dates back to the first half of the first century AD but have followed several restorations that have altered the appearance.
Before its construction, the area was occupied by sacred structures, the remains of which have been restored and can be visited.
The amphitheatre is the only monument of the town and is one of the largest of the Marche, second in size only to that of Ancona (one of the largest in Italy, like, for instance to the sites of Syracuse or Agrigento).
The remains of the structure were unearthed in 1990 by the Archaeological Superintendence of the Marche. The original structure dates back to the early imperial age and is still under excavation and restoration work.