Roccaromana

Roccaromana was a Samnite town with very old origins.  The name derives from "Vicus Saticulanus".  It existed at the time of the emperor Costantino. The town also derives from Saticula.  Virgilio mentioned Saticulani in the Eneide (VII-723) as being among the people who helped Turno fight against Enea. 

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According to Diodoro Siculo Plistica was at about four miles from Saticula.  There are ruins of walls and strong arcades in a place called "Le Fratte", at the distance indicated by the historian.  Tito Livio claimed Plistica was destroyed by the Samnites because it allied with Roma. The town was destroyed during the second war against Roma (326-304 BC).

Hospital
Built on the ruins of an old convent in 1872 by the charity fraternity.

St. Cataldo Church
It was built in 1926 on the ruins of an old chapel dating back to the time of Lucrezia Archemone in the 16th century.

Saticula, survived through the second Punic War, but was destroyed by Silla because it allied with Mario.  Roccaromana began its life in the year 700 AD with the building of the castle.  The population enlarged and began to filter down towards the plains creating the villages of:  Conci, Serolisia, Villa Pirrati, Cerreti, Rauti, Villa S. Crucio and Statliani.  Roccaromana, like all the towns of the region, was under the dominion of the Longobards, the dukes of Benevento.

Roccaromana passed under the power of the Princedom of Capua when it was created in 1023.  The first holder of the castle, was Adamo de Roccaromana who lived in 1101.  The Normans came after the Longobards.  In 1229, papal troops  sacked the castle of Roccaromana.  It subsequently became the holdings of the Aragonesi, who were substituted by the French. The castle was later bought by Colonna.  There are only some ruins left today.

The town is located 18 km from the A2 highway, at the tollgate of Caianello and 8 km from the state route Casilina (fork of Riardo).

The nearest railroad station is Riardo-Pietramelara on the Roma-Napoli (Via Cassino) line with connections to Caserta, Cassino and to Campobasso.

It is also possible to get there by public bus lines on the Casilina Roccaromana-Caserta-Napoli line, with connections to Caserta and Napoli.

The most important hamlets are:

STATIGLIANO

It can be reached by the state route Casilina (which is 10,8 km distant), the provincial route Pietramelara-Baia Latina and the town road Roccaromana-Statigliano.

CROCE

It can be reached by the state route Casilina (which is 7 km distant), the provincial route Riardo-Petramelara-Baia Latina (which is 0,5 km distant).