Peltuinum was a Roman

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

 town of the Vestini

Vestini

Vestini is the Roman exonym for an ancient Italic tribe that occupied the area of the modern Abruzzo included between the Gran Sasso and the northern bank of the Aterno river...

, on the ancient Via Claudia Nova

Via Claudia Nova

The Via Claudia Nova was ancient Roman road, build in 47 AD by the Roman Emperor Claudius to connect the Via Caecilia with the Via Claudia Valeria in central Italy....

, 20 km east of L'Aquila

L'Aquila

L'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 73,150 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people for study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism...

, Italy

Italy

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, between the modern-day settlements of Prata d'Ansidonia

Prata d'Ansidonia

Prata d'Ansidonia is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy....

 and Castelnuovo. It was apparently the chief town of that portion of the Vestini who dwelt west of the main Apennine chain

Apennine mountains

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains or Greek oros but just as often used alone as a noun. The ancient Greeks and Romans typically but not always used "mountain" in the singular to mean one or a range; thus, "the Apennine mountain" refers to the entire chain and is translated "the Apennine...

. Remains of the town walls, of an amphitheatre

Amphitheatre

An amphitheatre is an open-air venue used for entertainment and performances.There are two similar, but distinct, types of structure for which the word "amphitheatre" is used: Ancient Roman amphitheatres were large central performance spaces surrounded by ascending seating, and were commonly used...

, and of other buildings still exist. The city was the birthplace of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo

Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo

Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo was a Roman general and a brother-in-law of the emperor Caligula.-Descent:Corbulo was born in Italy into a senatorial family...

, a Roman general from the age of Nero

Nero

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