The Theatre of the Roman Casinum city

The contribution focuses on the ruins of the Roman town of Casinum, in southern Lazio, of whose past remains a significant archaeological area.. The monumental structure of the present archaeological area, preserves traces of pre Roman and Roman period. Currently the principals monuments of this archaeological area are: the theatre (1st century BC - 1st century AD), the amphitheatre dated to the second half of the first century AD; the so-called tomb of Ummidia (1st century BC - 1st century AD), the Nymphaeum called Ponari, also dated to the 1st century AD. Specially the reseach focuses on the Roman Theatre of Casinum. The theatre, the core of the Augustan town, brought to light in the years 1935-36, damaged by bombing in 1944 and the subject of restoration around the 1950s and later in 2001, has a semi-circular auditorium partially leaning on the natural slope of the hill and, at the back of the scenery masonry, there are traces of two porches. The methodological approach of the work will develop and deepen the analysis and the knowledge of the Roman Theatre through an integrated survey of it. Along with the integrated survey, the research also focuses on the study of documentary sources, and the analysis and comparison with theatres of the same era. The research will also analyse the typological and constructive similarities with analogous theatres built in the same period in Central Lazio and in Northern Campania, and eventually the Mediterranean area