In the territory of Torri, at a place called Vescovio, lie the ruins of the ancient Roman town of Foru Novum founded probably during the second century B.C. The settlement was built on an alluvial terrace near the confluence of two rivers, and at the crossing of two secondary roads which linked the new centre to both the Via Flaminia and the Via Salaria. Municiapl status seems to have been granted to Forum Novum only in the Augustan period. The iscriptions are our most valuable source of information for the political and social life of the town. The Gods worshipped in the area included jupiter Optimus Maximus, Isis, Serapis and Harpocrates, Mercury, Venus ( who had a temple dedicated to her) Fortuna, Vacuna, Lares and Di Penates. There are numerous dedication to emperors such as Gordian III, or to the relatives of emperos such as Drusus and Germanicus. the inscriptions also mention an aqueduct, built by a private citizen, which supplied both a fountain and the baths. Numerous traces of the ancient town can still be seen today. Excavations carried out some decades ago have brought to light a large part of themonumental and public area of the settlement, including the forum, the basilica, some shops, and a temple , whilst along roads one can still see the remains of funerary monuments and the arches of an aqueduct. The cathedral of the Sabina is of particular interest. the building, which has been restored several times, still preserves the main lines and plan of the Romanesque construction of the bell tower one can see numerous fragments of reused early medieval sculptures, dating between the end of the eighth and the beginning of the ninth century, along with other material such as iscriptions, marble, brick and tile, taken from the ruins of the Roman city. The interior, whit its sigle nave, has not suffered from later alteration or rebuilding, largely as a result of the boshopric to the town of Magliano Sabina.The cycle of frescoes along the walls of the nave is Spectacular. The right wall depicts scenes from the Old Testamentt, on the left wall illustrates scenes from the New testament. the Fresco on the interior of the façade is a magnificent Last Judgement. The oratory crypt is well preserved. It was probably constructed in the tenth century when the church was rebuilt following the fire caused by the Saracens. The semi-annular ambulatory leads to a shoet straight corridor and the subterranean altar, which is linked to the upper altar by the fenestella confessions. The top of the underground altar consists of a reused marble slab with an inscription of the early fifteenth century. On te hill above the church one can still see the impressive ruins of the castrum domini episcopi. This was abandoned and restored several times during the Middle Ages, the last time at the end of the thirteenth century, before being transformed into an Augustinian convent.