Cascia

CASCIA Umbria, Italy.

A Sabine site ca. 10 km SW of Nursia where Vespasian's mother, Vespasia Polla, inherited estates (Suet. Vesp. 1). At Villa S. Silvestro are remains of a Late Republican tuscanic temple. This has been investigated several times since 1920, but full drawings and description have yet to be published.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

NSc (1938) 141-58 (G. Bendinelli) PI; E. C. Evans, The Cults of the Sabine Territory, PAAR (1939) 125-32, pls. 2-7PI; EAA 2 (1959) 401 (U. Ciotti) I.

L. RICHARDSON, JR.