The archaeological area of Grumentum, a flourishing Lucanian centre conquered by Rome during the 3rd century B.C., is a unique example in Basilicata of a Roman urban layout preserved almost entirely to this day. The visit takes place in a landscape of exceptional beauty in which the public and private spaces of the Roman city are articulated, still delineated by the regularity of the ancient roads. From the theatre we reach the small Italic temple, the domus with mosaics and, along the pavement of the decumanus, the area of the Forum with the public – civil and religious buildings: Capitolium, Cesareo, Porticus, Curia and Basilica. The route then continues to the imperial baths and the monumental amphitheatre, strategically positioned on the eastern edge of the hill.
