The site of the city was allegedly found in 1922 by the archaeologist Paolo Orsi near the modern village of Sant'Eufemia Vetere.

A systematic archaeological investigation was made from 1997 [citation needed] and coins, inscriptions and other artefacts retrieved from the site can be seen in the Museo Archeologico Lametino in Lamezia Terme.

The site is surrounded by two rivers, Savuto and Grande and matches the description by Strabo[citation needed] written around 20 AD.

[citation needed] It was ultimately destroyed in the Second Punic War by Hannibal because he could not defend the city during his stay in Bruttium.

[11] Material evidence of the presence of an ancient settlement in the area of Sant'Eufemia dates to 1865, when a gold diadem and a treasure of jewels of the 4th century BC were found by chance.