Roman Amphitheatre in Amiternum

A drone view of Roman Amphitheatre in Amiternum, near L'Aquila, on May 30, 2017. Amiternum, a traditional settlement of the Sabines, is an ancient Sabine prefecture, former bishopric and Latin catholic titular see in the central Abruzzo region of modern Italy at 9 km from L'Aquila. Amiternum was the birthplace of the historian Sallust (86 BC). It was stormed by the Romans in 293 BC. It lay at the point of junction of four roads: the Via Caecilia, the Via Claudia Nova and two branches of the Via Salaria. The site, in the upper Aterno valley, was one of the most important of Sabinum.