Capena is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio region. The town has borrowed its modern name from a pre-Roman …Capena is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio region. The town has borrowed its modern name from a pre-Roman and Roman settlement that was 3 kilometres to its north. Capena is located 26.2 kilometres north of Rome, above the valley of the Tiber. The old quarter stands on a hill overlooking the valley of the Fosso di Morlupo to the west, while the modern district extends into the eastern plain.