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ATINA , the name of three ancient towns of Italy. 1. A town (mod. Elena) of Lucania, upon the Via Popillia, 7 M. N. of Tegianum, towards which an ancient road leads, inthe valley of the river now known as Diano. Its ancient importance is vouched for by its walls of rough cyclopean work
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influence may go back to the 7th century B.C., not having produced any decisive evidence on the point. To the Roman period belong the remains of an amphitheatre and numerous inscriptions .2. A town (mod. Atina) of the Volsci, 12 M. N. of Casinum, and about 14 M. E. of Arpinum, on a hill 1607 ft. above sea-level. The walls, of carefully worked polygonal blocks of stone, are still preserved in parts, and the modern town does not fill the whole area which they enclose. Cicero speaks of it as a prosperous country town, which had not as yet fallen into the hands of large proprietors; and inscriptions show that under the empire
3. A town of the Veneti
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