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ATESTE (mod. Este, q.v.)

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 824 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ATESTE (mod. Este, q.v.) , an ancient town of Venetia, at the southern foot of the Euganean hills, 43 ft. above sea-level; 22 M. S.W. of Patavium (Padua). The site was occupied in very early times, as the discoveries since 1882 show. Large cemeteries have been excavated, which show three different periods froth the 8th

century

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

B.c. down to the Roman domination. In the first period (

Italic

ITALIC

)

cremation

CREMATION (Lat. cremare, to burn)

burials closely approximating to the

Villanova

VILLANOVA

type are found; in the second' (Venetian) the tombs are constructed of blocks of stone, and situlae (bronze buckets), sometimes decorated with elaborate designs, are frequently used to contain the cinerary urns; in the third (Gallic), which begins during the 4th

century

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

B.C., though

cremation

CREMATION (Lat. cremare, to burn)

continues, the tombs are much poorer., the ossuaries being of badly baked rough clay, and show traces of Gallic influence, and characteristics of the La-Tene civilization. The many important objects found in these excavations are preserved in the local museum. See G. Ghirardini in Notizie degli Scavi; Monumenti del Lincei, ii. (1893) 161 seq., vii. (1897) 5 seq., x. (1901) 5 seq.; Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Scienze Storiche (Rome, 1904), v. '279 seq.

Inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

show that the national language asserted its existence even after

Ateste

ATESTE (mod. Este, q.v.)

came into the hands of the Romans. When this occurred is not known; boundary stones of 135 B.C. exist, which divide the territory of

Ateste

ATESTE (mod. Este, q.v.)

from that of Patavium and of Vicetia, showing that the former extended from the middle of the Euganean hills to the Atesis (mod.

Adige

ADIGE (Ger. Etsch, anc. Athesis)

, from which Ateste no doubt took its name, and on which it once stood). After the battle of Actium,

Augustus

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

settled veterans from various of his legions in this territory, Ateste being thenceforth spoken of as a colony. It appears to have furnished many recruits, especially for the cohortes urbanae. It appears but little in history, though its importance is vouched for by numerous

inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

, the

majority

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

of which belong to the early

Empire

EMPIRE

. (T. As.)

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