AMITERNUM  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of the Sabines, situated about 5 m . N. of See also:

• AQUILA
• AQUILA ('AxdXas), (1)
• AQUILA, CASPAR [KASPAR ADLER] (1488-1560)
• AQUILA, SERAFINO

Aquila, in the broad valley of the Aternus, from which, according to See also:

• VARRO, MARCUS TERENTIUS (116—27 B.C.)
• VARRO, PUBLIUS TERENTIUS

Varro, it took its name . It was stormed by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans in 293 B.C., and though it suffered from the See also:

• WARS

wars of the Republican See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, it seems to have risen to renewed prosperity under the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . This it owed largely to its position . It See also:

• LAY

lay at the point of junction of four roads—the . Via See also:

• CAECILIA
• CAECILIA, VIA

Caecilia, the Via Claudia Nova and two branches of the Via See also:

• SALARIA, VIA

Salaria, which joined it at the 64th and 89th See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles respectively . The fertility of its territory was also praised by ancient authors . There are considerable remains of an See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct, an See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre and a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre (the latter excavated in 1880—see Notizie degli scavi, r88o, 290, 350, 379), all of which belong to the imperial period, while in the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on which the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of S . Vittorino is built are some See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian catacombs . Amiternum was the birthplace of the historian See also:

• SALLUST [Gams SALLUSTIUS CRlspus] (86–34 B.c.)

Sallust . In a See also:

• GORGE

gorge 11 m. See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east are massive remains of cyclopean walls (i.e. in rough blocks), probably intended to regulate the flow of the stream (N . Persichetti in Romische Mitteilungen, 1902, 134 seq.) .