Atina, Lazio
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| Comune di Atina | ||
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| Coordinates: 41°37′N 13°48′E / 41.617°N 13.800°ECoordinates: 41°37′N 13°48′E / 41.617°N 13.800°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Lazio | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Frosinone (FR) | |
| Frazioni | Capo di China, Colle Alto, Colle Melfa, Le Sode, Ponte Melfa, Rosanisco, Sabina, San Marciano, Settignano | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Silvio Mancini | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 490 km2 (190 sq mi) | |
| Population (2007) | ||
| • Total | 4,480 | |
| • Density | 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 03042 | |
| Dialing code | 0776 | |
| Patron saint | San Marco Galileo | |
| Saint day | October 1 | |
| Website | www |
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Atina is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, Lazio region of central Italy.
The economy is mostly based on agriculture (olive oil, wine – including Cabernet – and beans).
Atina was a town of the Samnites, later conquered by the Romans.
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 in the Imperial age it was still flourishing.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it was conquered by the Lombards, becoming part of the Duchy of Benevento in 702. Later it was ruled by the lords of Capua, the counts of the Marsi and those of Aquino, and, together with of most of the Comino Valley of the County (later Duchy) of Alvito. It remained part of the Kingdom of Naples until 1860.
Once a part of the Terra di Lavoro province, it was included in the province of Frosinone in 1929.
The walls, of carefully worked polygonal blocks of stone, are still preserved in parts: their enclosure is larger than the modern town. One of these remains is a boundary stone relating to the assignation of lands in the time of the Gracchi, of which six other examples have been found in Campania and Basilicata.
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