Summary (English)
Along the south side of the triangular piazza, in the forum at Cumae, a two-roomed building was uncovered. Datable to between the end of the 2nd and the 1st century B.C., it was preserved at the level of the floor make ups, constituted by tufa chippings without mortar, and patches of floor constituted by a central mosaic carpet with a chain of lozenge shapes, bordered by a meander of swastikas.
No substantial changes took place during the subsequent period, apart from a number of rebuilds of the walls during the 1st century A.D.
A road on a south-west/north-east alignment passed the western side of the complex, leading towards the acropolis. This went out of use in the late antique period when the entire area began to be filled with dumps of waste from iron working, the residue from the craft working activity that must have taken place in the immediate vicinity.
After the building and road went out of use, they were partially occupied by two “a cappuccina” burials and an enchytrismos burial, part of the same necropolis attested by about 20 tombs uncovered on the eastern side of the building during previous campaigns.
Across the entire excavation area, but above all on the southern side, the agricultural activities undertaken until the mid 19th century for the planting of a vineyard, further compromised the ancient structures.
- Maria Luisa Nava - Soprintendenza dei Beni Archeologici delle province di Napoli e Caserta 
Director
- Carlo Gasparri - Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”
- Giovanna Greco - Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”
Team
- Studenti universitari, specializzandi, dottorandi
- Antonella Tomeo - Università “Federico II”
Research Body
- Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”
Funding Body
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