q.v.] TEATE MARRUCINORUM [mod.

Chieti  , the chief town of the Marrucini, the whole of whose territory was placed under its municipal jurisdiction by the Romans, after the " Social War." It was thus a town of some importance . Under the church of SS . Pietro e Paolo and the adjoining houses are extensive substructures (in opus reticulatum and brickwork) of the 1st century A.D., belonging to a building erected by M . Vectius Marcellus (probably mentioned by Pliny, H.N., IL 199) and Helvidia Priscilla . There are also remains of large reservoirs and of a theatre .