 From few archaeological rests found on the top of the main hill (called monte Alto), probably Castelnuovo del Garda was already inhabited during the prehistorical age.During the Roman period, it was first known as "Beneventum", and after renamed "Quadrivium" which literally means 4 roads, or crossroad.Indeed, its location was strategical being at the crossroad between the "Via Gallica" (which was connecting the modern Torino with the modern Venezia passing by Milan, the actual SS11), and a connection with the "Via Claudia Augusta" (which was connecting central Italy with Austria passing by the Val d'Adige and the Alps).