🏛️ Venusia-Aquilonia
Ruins of two overlapping Roman settlements in southern Italy
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Venosa, in Basilicata region, southern Italy
- Coordinates: 40.96778°N, 15.82588°E
- Two distinct Roman urban centres occupy the same archaeological site
- Associated with the birthplace of poet Horace (65 BCE)
Venusia-Aquilonia represents an unusual archaeological palimpsest in which two Roman urban settlements developed sequentially on overlapping ground near present-day Venosa in Basilicata. The site preserves remains from the Roman Republic through the Imperial period, offering evidence of settlement patterns, urban planning, and economic activity in southern Italy during antiquity ...