Lucus Feroniae
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Lucus Feroniae was an ancient shrine in Etruria, located in the territory of the modern commune of Capena, Lazio, next to the border with the neighbouring commune of Fiano Romano. It was located across the ancient Via Tiberina.
It was visited both by Latins and Sabines even in the time of Tullus Hostilius and was plundered by Hannibal in 211 BCE. In Imperial times it became an independent community receiving a colony of Octavian's veterans (Colonia Iulia felix Lucoferensis) and possessing an amphitheatre, capable of housing up to 5,000 spectators, a basilica, a forum, baths and numerous other edifices.
A museum houses parts of statues, some of them with interchangeable hands and heads, depending from the current emperor ruling.
