Museo Archeologico Nazionale
dell' Umbria
Via Thorrena Inscription (1st century BC)
This fragment of a double-sided Latin inscription was found in a stretch of the Etruscan wall that forms the foundation of Palazzo Danzetta Florenzi (17th century) - see Walk II. The part of the inscription that can be constructed from the two sides is:
| C[aius] Fir[mius] Gallus [duo]vir, viam Thorrenam ab ara Silvani ad aream Tlennasis de sua pec[unia] stravit et crepidines posuit |
This records that the Duovir, Caius Firmius Gallus built and paved, at his own expense, a road called Via Thorrena from the altar of Silvanus (the Roman god of forests) to the area of Tlennasis. The "aream Tlennasis" might refer to land owned by a family with the Etruscan name Tlesna.
It is possible that the road that has been excavated in the archeological area of Piazza Cavallotti formed part of Via Thorrena.