It follows, too, a far more natural line of communication, without the engineering difficulties that the arrow-straight Via Appia had to overcome.

It then entered the interval between the Apennines and the volcanic group of Rocca Monfina, and the original road and, instead of traversing it, turned abruptly northeast over the mountains to Venafro, thus giving a direct communication with the interior of Samnium by roads to Isernia and Telese.

[1] After the disorders of the civil wars, the via Latina was repaired by a group of prominent Romans, including Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus; the work was under way in 27 BC, at the time of Tibullus' elegy.

The two lines rejoined near the present railway station of Caianiello, and the road ran to Teanum and Cales, and so to Casilinum, where there was the crossing of the Volturno and the junction with the Via Appia.

To organize the excavation, each room was given a letter to symbolize where it was located and what art work was depicted inside.

The excavation of the catacombs took place in four stages starting with the stairways and finishing with the 3 corridors and their adjoining rooms.

Viewers can see the figure assumed to be Jesus raising a man from the dead as his disciples watch with intent.