Turin, the Savoyard city par excellence, it must be remembered also for its ancient origins dating back to a time before the Roman colonization, as the plain of the Po was meeting point between the Ligurian and Celtic peoples.
The few historical sources report that the area where the Piedmont plain now stands was inhabited by the people of Turin Taurini.che, according to historians Polybius and Appian, an ally of the Romans, sought to bar the way ald when Hannibal descended into Italy in 218 C.
of Roman remains in Turin only the monumental Porta Palatina and artifacts from the Roman theater and the walls, fragments of the Roman Empire later incorporated into other buildings.
at the ancient Roman quarter, near the Cathedral of St. John, at the end of Via XX Settembre, resurface often relics from Roman times, as excavations continue in this oldest part of town.
core and then the perimeter of the Roman fort and the next colony of Augusta Taurinorum. This perimeter is still recognized by some important remains of the town preserved to date: the decumano maximo corresponding to the present Via Garibaldi, originally via Dora Grossa. Connect the Praetorian with Decumana port located at the intersection of existing streets Garibaldi and consolation.
decumano was perpendicular to the door that connected the Cardo maximo Principalis sinixtera, preserved in its basic structures Porte Palatine) with the Port Principalis Dexter (later known as Port Marmorea) located on the current Via Santa Teresa.
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