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Most of the remains of ancient Casinum are contained within the archaeological park attached to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale G. Carettoni, with a couple exceptions. The first is the ancient theater, which is adjacent to the museum and archaeological area, but is separate and not currently accessible. The theater was likely built early in the reign of Augustus. An inscription attributes a renovation of the theater in the second half of the 1st century CE to Ummidia Quadratilla, whose father was responsible for the original construction of the theater. The theater is somewhat visible from the parking lot, it’s not a great view. Performances are supposedly conducted here in the summers, but it was quite overgrown and didn’t look like it had been used for those purposes in a while. Some remains of a Roman road are visible at points running south of the museum. (Rob@roamintheempire.com)