io ▁per ▁la ▁S periment azione , ▁Div ul g azione ▁e ▁App lic azione ▁di ▁Bi ot ec n iche ▁In nov ative ▁( CON SD AB I ), ▁National ▁F ocal ▁Point ▁for ▁Italy ▁of ▁the ▁Animal ▁Gen etic ▁Resources ▁project ▁of ▁the ▁FA O , ▁was ▁presented ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁conference ▁on ▁“ New ▁find ings ▁in ▁equ ine ▁practice ” ▁held ▁at ▁Dru ento ▁( T ur in , ▁Italy ), ▁ 1 1 – 1 3 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁AR SI AL ▁( reg ional ▁ag ency ▁for ▁development ▁and ▁innov ation ▁in ▁agricult ure ▁of ▁Laz io ) ▁suggests ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁the ▁same ▁horse ▁bre ed ▁as ▁the ▁" C aval lo ▁Rom ano " ▁that ▁was ▁well ▁described ▁in ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁treat ises ; ▁authors ▁who ▁discuss ▁the ▁Caval lo ▁Rom ano ▁include ▁Mor esch i ▁( 1 9 0 3 ) ▁and ▁F ogli ata ▁( 1 9 1 0 ). ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁Caval lo ▁Rom ano ▁della ▁Mare m ma ▁Laz iale ▁desc ends ▁from ▁the ▁horses ▁of ▁the ▁ancient ▁Rom ans , ▁such ▁as ▁that ▁of ▁Marcus ▁A ure lius , ▁or ▁even ▁of ▁the ▁E tr usc ans . ▁ ▁Character istics ▁ ▁The ▁Caval lo ▁Rom ano ▁della ▁Mare m ma ▁Laz iale ▁may ▁be ▁bay , ▁black , ▁ch est nut ▁or ▁grey ; ▁limited ▁fa cial ▁mark ings ▁( star ▁and ▁stri