Satricum (nowadays Le Ferriere) is the ancient name of a Latin settlement that was situated ca. 60 km south of Rome in the present-day Italian province Lazio. The settlement, on the banks of the river Astura, developed from a modest hamlet of huts in the ninth century BC, perched on top of an ‘acropolis’ hill, into a prosperous urban centre in the sixth century BC covering an area of nearly 40 ha.