In Cisterna di Latina, Tres Tabernae was a thriving village born around a post station on the Appian way featuring '3 workshops’. Here the streets leading to Ulubrae, Tiberia, Norba and Cora branched off.
Cicero stayed there often and cites three letters sent to Atticus in 61 BC. St Paul stayed there for a night on his journey to Rome. Perhaps for this reason it was elected episcopal see from the beginning of the Christian ages.
Tres Tabernae was razed by the Saracens in 868 and the fugitives founded Cisterna.
Several archeological finds have been made: a funerary inscription of the powerful senatorial family Pinaria, a burial sepulchre, a thermal plant, buildings with precious mosaics and various items of jewellery.
The mosaics of Tres Tabernae are in a building along the via Appia, and include floors with geometric and naturalistic designs in black and white dating back to the second century. A.D.
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