Nuovi documenti per la storia di Numana in età ellenistica

The present contribution deals with Numana in the Hellenistic period (IIIth - IInd century b.C.), analyzing archaeological data from the funerary landscape, as this underwent important transformations in that period. We examine archaeological evi- dence from the southern area of Davanzali necropolis, comparing records from old and new excavations. A significant in- scription was found in this necropolis: it can probably be linked to the construction of defensive walls for the settlement. Some tracts of the walls were found in the recently excavated adjacent necropolis (Via Peschiera). The archaeological data examined refer also to the subsquent historical phase (end of IIIth - middle of IInd century b.C.), when Rome intervened and acquired control over this territory.