[1] By the early 1st century AD Forum Novum had been elevated to the status of municipium, appearing as such in Pliny's list of towns.

Forum Novum seems to have functioned throughout the imperial period and a market was still being held at the center in the fourth century.

Although urban life probably underwent a decline around this period, Forum Novum, later Vescovio, continued to act as a local and regional focus with the establishment of a bishopric in the fifth century, a role it maintained throughout the early medieval and medieval periods; it remains a titular see in the Catholic Church today.

Excavations carried out by the Soprintendenza Archeologica per il Lazio in the late 1970s and early 80s revealed the basilica, a temple complex, part of the forum and various associated buildings of uncertain function.

The aim is to apply a series of approaches to the center in order to provide a detailed and systematic study.