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Lacinio as excavations have shown that the agricultural hinterland was occupied by at least 91 rural farms of various sizes and periods, presumably on land distributed to the settlers after 194
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The settlement eventually occupied the entire northern end of the promontory and was organised with a rectangular street plan with three main streets oriented east-weast and avoiding the
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is the oldest (end of the 2nd century BC, of about 15 x 34 m) and had a residential part around the atrium and a sector for service and production which overlooked a courtyard. The
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