of Peucetian origin. Some roads connected the Murgian hinterland with Butuntum and Barium by crossing the territories of today's Toritto and Palo del Colle.

Dating from the late Roman and early medieval period are the remains of a rural settlement, a small church and a burial ground found in the municipal territory of Modugno, along Lama Misciano, not far from the route of the Via Traiana (the archaeological area is located in an area now used for industrial activities).