The origins of Via
Latina are remote and already _formed by Nature. The
.road was used by the Etruscans to colonise Campania and
was definitely traced back to the 4th and ]rd centuries
BC. It represented an alternative to the Via Appia,
since, like the "Regina Viarum _ Via Latina reached
Capua, touching the valleys of the Liri and of the
Sacco.
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The present route follows the
Roman one. Along the way there were to be found funeral
monuments, patrician villas and catacombs almost completely
lost because of the heavy urban expansion undertaken during
the 14th century, in the tract that joined Roma to Anagni.
The city gate at the start of the road retains the original
architectonic features. |
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