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If, as Mommsen affirmed, it existed a ramification of Via Antiniana which passed through the north area of Lake Agnano and if, as Johannowsky affirms, it is not very likely that Via Cavone degli Sbirri could be identified with it (for reasons of scarce practicability), so it is probable that the north variant of Via Antiniana could be identified with the present Via Sartania, which from Agnano, going up to the Astroni, takes to Pianura and then continue to Soccavo; that is, it could be identified with Via Sartania and the tract of Via Montagna Spaccata which, from the confluence with Via Sartania, takes to Soccavo.
And so, in relation to this hypothesis, the Marciano could have been located just in the territory of Pianura which, in the southern section, stretches from Via Cavone degli Sbirri, from the Old Chapel of Agnano and from Via Sartania to Via Montagna Spaccata, which from Torre Lupara takes to Soccavo. In fact, Via Antiniana, which started in Pozzuoli and passed through the sanctuary of St. Gennaro, Monte Olibano, Preventorio, Monte Dolce and went down to Agnano through the so-called Scassone and/or the Pisciarelli, from here it continued towards Naples, both going up to Monte Spina, Terracina, Soccavo and Antignano, and, probably, going up northward for Via Sartania, Via Montagna Spaccata, Soccavo and Antignano. Following this last route, it was equally possible to reach Naples. So, as in Pianura there was certainly a Marciano, it is likely that “ Il Marciano “ was situated just along this ramification of Via Antiniana, in proximity to one of these localities: Tavernola, Cappella de’ Preti or Masseria Grande, and it cannot be excluded a more internal locality in the territory of Pianura, on the north side of Via Montagna Spaccata in the tract Tavernola – Pignatiello. |
