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SUASA (Castelleone di Suasa) Umbria, Italy.

A Roman municipium in the Gallic march of Umbria (Suasa Senonum) and belonging to the tribus Camilia. It was situated in the Piano Volpello ca. 3 km from the modern settlement and was served by a road from Cales to Sena Gallica. It was probably destroyed by Alaric in 409. The ruins, extensive but overgrown, include walls and gates, a theater, and an amphitheater. Architectural spoils from the ruins and inscriptions ornament buildings at Castelleone, and a small museum is maintained at S. Lorenzo in Campo. Much material is now elsewhere, notably a large fragment of a gilt bronze horse's head (Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore).


BIBLIOGRAPHY

G. Giorgi, Suasa Senonum, Istituto Saveriano, Parma (1953)MI; EAA 7 (1966) 536 (G. Annibaldi).

L. RICHARDSON, JR.

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