Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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History & archaeologyAnfiteatro Campano
Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE)
Second in size only to the Colosseum, the arena where Spartacus trained still holds the underground corridors from which gladiators and beasts rose toward the light.
History & archaeologyMuseo Archeologico dell'Antica Capua
Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE)
A stone's throw from Spartacus's gladiator amphitheatre, the museum gathers the centuries of Etruscan and Roman Capua, from the statues of mothers to the Campanian horsemen.
History & archaeologyArco di Adriano (Arco Campano)
Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE)
Of three arches only two survive, mutilated, in the middle of a modern crossroads: this was the triumphal gate through which the Appia entered the second city of the empire. Today the brick piers stare at the traffic lights.