Chieti

Under the church of SS. Pietro e Paolo and the adjoining houses are extensive substructures in opus reticulatum and brickwork of the 1st century CE, belonging to a building erected by M. Vectius Marcellus probably mentioned by Pliny, H.N., II., 199 and Helvidia Priscilla. There are also remains of large reservoirs and of an ancient theatre. New excavations are currently under way on the site of the former Campo Sportivo.