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Following the Lex Flaminia de agro Gallico et Piceno viritim dividundo and the opening in 220 B.C. of the consular Flaminiian Road, the territory of Cantiano was probably involved in the allocation of Roman share-croppers to the scattered farms. During the Imperial age, this territory, part of the VI region, was within the confines of the municipal limits of Iguvium (south-west), of Pitinum Mergens (north-east) and of Sentinum (south-east). The type of housing settlement in this era was made up of farms, at times quite large, with simple living areas, earthen floors or floors of broken shards of terracotta, separated one from the other by a specifically agricultural area. At least, this is what can be culled from the type of artefacts conserved in the Museum.

Building elements

  1. Black and white mosaic tiles
  2. Fragments of polychrome marble slabs
  3. Fragments of moulded marble cornices
  4. Window glass, of fairly limited use in the Roman age, obtained using the casting method. They were mounted in wood or metal frames, and appeared in the Augustan age.
  5. Triangular bricks for columns from Meleto
  6. Clay hexagonal tiles from Meleto, hexagonal tiles matched along their sides to form a grid pavement.
  7. Chiave per serratura a mandataKey for a lock from Pole
  8. Bronze door or wardrobe hinge from Pole

Wine cellar and shipping containers

  1. Amphora neck from Meleto
  2. Amphora neck from  Meleto
  3. Amphora cover from Col D'Agello
  4. Amphora handle from Col D'Agello

They were used for transporting liquids, in particular wine and oil, and they were closed with terracotta lids; resin, wax, pozzolana or plaster were poured on the lids to hermetically seal the containers.

Ceramics

  1. Fragments of open channel oil lamps from Pole and Meleto, Po valley production, datable between the II and IV century D.C
  2. Bottom of a plate or bowl decorated with black paint from Pole (II century B.C.)
  3. Rim of plate from Pole (I century A.D.) in sealed clay.
  4. Rim of plate from Pontericcioli (I century A.D.) in sealed clay with mask in relief.
  5. Rim of cup from Pole (I – II century A.D.) decorate with twisted spiral.
  6. Cup rims from Pole and Meleto, (I – II century A.D.), decorated with rose appliqué.
  7. Wall fragments decorated with part of a human figure Pontericcioli (I – II century A.D.).
  8. Wall fragment decorated with palmette from Pontericcioli (I – II centuary A.D.).
  9. Wall fragments decorated with raised human figures from Pontericcioli(I – II century A.D.).
  10. Fondi con bolli in planta pedis ...Bottoms with stamps in planta pedis ASCANIUS, L.RASTI[ICANUS] PRE[], MANNEIUS from Pole (I – II century A.D.).
  11. Convex wall with curved motifs from Pole (I – II century A.D.).
  12. Rim of plate - round tray with raised vegetable pattern decoration, die cast in medium-Adriatic light sealed clay from Roteggio (II – III century A.D.). Light sealing constituted the most widespread table and kitchen earthenware in the Romagna and Marche area during the mid to Late imperial age.
  13. Pesi da telaio verticalePainted bowl rim from Pole.
  14. Small cup with vertical notches stamped on the side from Pole.
  15. Unguentarium neck from Pole.
  16. Cover from Pontericcioli.
  17. Vertical loom weights in clay Pole and Meleto with crossways through slot (I – II century A.D.).

Glass

  1. Wall of glass vase with part of a human figure in relief from Pole.
  2. Unguentarium neck from Pole.
  3. Bottle rim from Pole.

 

 

Objects in bronze

  1. Ring with bezel in blue glass paste.Anello di bronzo
  2. Bronze ring, probably a finger ring.
  3. Ornamental button.
  4. Tweezers, for a lady’s toilette
  5. Frammento di specchioMirror fragment from Meleto, circular with perforated edge decoration.
  6. Hemispheric bell from Meleto, with upper hole, in addition to its practical function, it may have even had magical and protective powers against spells and curses.Campanello emisferico
  7. Cowbell from Sterpeto used for animals.

The RoadCippo miliario di Cantiano

  1. The Cantiano milestone. There is no information as to the original position, in relation to the Flaminia Consolar Road, of this black granite milestone found at the end of the XIX century, built into the arcade of a country house called “Colnovello”, located about 300 mt. north of the city of Cantiano. Its function was to indicate the distance, in miles, from Rome, as can be deduced from the graffito text, repainted in red:
  2.  

    DD(Dominis)NN(Nostris) C(aio) FLA(vio)

    VAL(erio)SEVERO ET

    M(arco)GAL(erio)VAL(erio)MAXIMINO

    NOBB(Nobilissimis)CAESS(Caesaribus) AB U(rbe)

    M(ilia)P(assuum) CXL

    (Trad. “To our lords Gaius Flavius Valerius Severus and Marcus Galerius Valerius Maximinus, most noble Caesars, 140 miles from Rome”).

    The milestone bears a dedication to the two Caesers, Valerius Severus and Maximinus Daia (??), reigned between 305 and 306 A.D. Even the formal characteristics date it to the beginning of the IV century A.D., when the milestones, generally produced by itinerant workshops, were smaller in size and bore inscriptions in which the letters are more or less evenly aligned but barely engraved on the stone.

The fornaces

 

  1. Ring shaped furnace spacers for shallow pots from Contessa
  2. Plate rim from Contessa (mid II – mid I century B.C.).
  3. Ceramic bottom with black paint decoration from Contessa ( II century.B.C.)
  4. Mould with female head in negative for statuette in terracotta.
  5. Fragment of stamped brick from Pontericcioli.Matrice con testina femminile in negativo per statuette in terracottaFondo di ceramica a vernice nera decorato

 

 

 

 

The Necropolis (Burial Ground)

  1. In Manpuia several ceramic containers which constitute the goods of a grave have been found. In this burg in the vicinity of the village of Chiaserna, a necropolis has been identified, unfortunately it has been heavily pillaged in the past.

The Coins

  1. Caligula As (37 – 41 A.D.)
  2. Claudius As (41 – 54 A.D.)
  3. Claudius As (63 – 68 A.D.)
  4. Antoninus Pius As (138 – 161 A.D.)
  5. Septimus Severus Sesterce (194 A.D.)
  6. Coin from Byzantine Age (IV – V century A.D.)