The Roman centre of Falerio Picenus (Falerone) rises up in the Tenna Valley, on the left hand side of the river in a territorial district that was already intensely populated even in pre-Roman times. Cited by Plinio (N.h. III, 111) among the centers of the Regio V augustea, its inhabitants were members of the Velina tribe. The registrations bear witness to the status of a colony held by a college of duumviri. The town which became monumentalized starting from the Augustan Age was an up-and-coming center right up to the IV century AD. With the crisis of the Empire the decadence started even for Falerio and the ancient town was gradually abandoned in favor of the surrounding hills which guaranteed major security.

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