Great merit for the excavations carried out on the site is due to the "Archaeologist King" Gustavo VI Adolfo of Sweden who for several years worked to bring to light important monumental remains, both from the Roman and medieval times: among these, the Roman theater deserves a special mention, still today the venue for summer shows.
Today the excavations are entrusted to the campaigns promoted by the University of Tuscia.
The most significant finds are exhibited in the Rocca Albornoz Etruscan National Museum, at Rocca Albornoz. A few kilometers from Ferento, the site of "Acquarossa" developed between the eighth and sixth centuries BC. it has been the subject of important archaeological finds made between 1956 and 1978 by the Swedish Institute of Rome.
Parts of the buildings that emerged during the archaeological campaigns in Ferento were reconstructed at the National Archaeological Museum of Viterbo; in particular, some marble statues depicting the characters of the Greek-Roman tragedy and comedy which presumably were positioned in the front scene of the theater. There is also a small wooden reconstruction of the Ferentano theater.)
Ferento was an opulent Roman Municipality where the main activities were trade, agriculture, breeding, as well as the extraction and processing of Tufo and Peperino. Among the Ferentan activities, the processing and marketing of iron stands out in particular, which was easy to find in large quantities and above all on the surface, over much of the surrounding area.
For these reasons Ferento became a very rich city, inhabited by skilled artisans and powerful traders who controlled the traffic of goods that moved from the Tyrrhenian coast to the hinterland and vice versa. Given the comforts and services that the city offered, there were many Roman families who chose it to spend their holiday periods, thus increasing the importance and fame of the city.
Roman Theater of Ferento
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Valentino Di Lorenzo