For the butterfly genus, see Suasa (butterfly). A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic

Archaeological area of Suasa. View from "Croce del Termine"

Entrace to Suasa amphitheater from a vomitorium. vomitorium (plural vomitoria is a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre through which crowds can "spew out" at the end of a performance

Suasa was an ancient Roman town in what is now the comune of Castelleone di Suasa, Marche, Italy. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in Castelleone di Suasa is a town and Comune within the Province of Ancona, in the Marche region of Italy. The Marche (plural originally from le marche de Ancona, referring to the March of Ancona) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest It is located in the Pian Volpello locality, in the valley of the Cesano River. The Cesano is a river forming the border between the provinces of Pesaro e Urbino and Ancona in the Marche region of Italy.

History

Suasa was founded by the Romans in the early 3rd century BC, after the Battle of Sentinum (295 BC), in a territory inhabited by the Senones. The Battle of Sentinum was the decisive battle of the Third Samnite War, fought in 295 BC near Sentinum (next to Sassoferrato The Senones were a Gallic people of Gallia Celtica, who in the time of Julius Caesar inhabited the district which now includes the departments of The town was crossed by a secondary trait of the Via Flaminia and by the Via Salaria Gallica, which connected it to Forum Sempronii (Fossombrone) and Ostra. The Via Flaminia was a Roman road leading from Rome to Ariminum ( Rimini) and was the most important route to the north Fossombrone is a town and Comune in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino ( Marche, Italy) Ancient Ostra was an ancient Roman city situated between the modern town of Ostra (AN and Ostra Vetere in the region Marche, Italy. In 232 BC it became a prefecture and, in the first century BC, a municipium. Events By place Seleucid Empire The Seleucid king Seleucus II Callinicus undertakes an expedition into the interior of Iran to A municipium (pl municipia) belonged to the second highest class of Roman cities being

Suasa started to decline from the 3rd century AD; in 409 it was run by Alarich's Goths during his march agaisnt Rome (see Sack of Rome). Alaric I ( Alareiks in the original Gothic; Alarik or Alarich in modern Germanic languages Alaricus in Latin and Alarico The Goths ( Gothic: Gothic usvg|14px|u]]Gothic asvg|14px|a]]Gothic s The Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410. The city was attacked by the Visigoths, led by Alaric I. It was abandoned in the 6th century after the Gothic War, the population moving to nearby settlements. See Gothic War (376-382 for the war on the Danube The Gothic War was a war fought in Italy and the adjoining regions of Dalmatia, Sardinia

The remains have been axcavated by the University of Bologna since 1987. The University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna UNIBO) is one of the oldest continually operating degree-granting universities in the world The edifices found include:

• an amphitheater
• a theater
• the Coiedii domus
• a late-Republican era domus
• the cardo maximum
• a necropolis

See also

• Suasa Archaeological Park

References

• Lepore, Giuseppe (ed. A domus was the form of house that wealthy and some Middle class families owned in Ancient Rome and could be found in almost all the major cities of the A necropolis (plural necropoleis or necropoles) is a large Cemetery or burial place (from Greek nekropolis "city of the dead" The Suasa archaeological park is an archaeological area in Castelleone di Suasa ( Province of Ancona, Marche, Italy) ). Santa Maria in Portuno nella valle del Cesano. Ante Quem. ISBN 88-7849-016-4.  
• Polverari, Alberto (ed. ) (1984). Castelleone di Suasa, 1 - Vicende storiche. Tecnostampa.