Amphitheatre Alba Fucens

A Roman amphitheatre measuring 96 by 79 metres at Alba Fucens, a Latin colony founded in 303 BC at 1,000 m elevation in Abruzzo, Italy [1]. Built during the reign of Tiberius (14-37 AD) and financed by Naevius Sutorius Macro, prefect of the Praetorian Guard, who was born at Alba in 21 BC [2] [3] [4]. The colony, established with 6,000 settlers, was enclosed by impressive polygonal masonry walls and sat on the strategic Via Valeria linking Rome to the Adriatic [1] [5] [6]. Excavated from 1949 by the University of Louvain, with new digs since 2007 uncovering a painted calendar [1] [2].