ABSTRACT
A new analysis of archaeological and historical data related to Civita Castellana and its territory point to the continuation of habitation after the town’s alleged abandonment as a consequence of the Roman conquest and coinciding with the foundation of the new Falerii (Falerii Novi) at Santa Maria di Falleri. Gathering evidence from archaeological and literary sources, the author hypothesizes that the old town shrank but survived as the administrative center of the eastern part of its former territory (possibly called Aequum Faliscum, “the Faliscan plain”). This may help to explain the mention of two different towns in the literary sources, respectively named Falerii and Faliscos.
