Thanks to the archaeological investigations carried out in the 19th century by the scholar Antonio De Nino - who was the first to understand the importance and richness of ancient Corfinium - and then continued between 1989 and 1994, by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage of Abruzzo, remains of of the Roman city came to light in different urban and suburban areas, and are currently...
Of the ancient theatre very little remains, having been engulfed by buildings from later periods and hidden from the square. You can only see the remains of a wall in opus incertum relevant to the "cunei" - the radial walls of the auditorium which supported the steps - some of which are still preserved in the basements of the houses and are difficult to access.
According to the...