ATELLA  , an See also:

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

ancient Oscan See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• CAMPANIA

Campania, 9 M . N. of See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples and g m . S. of See also:

• CAPUA (anc. Casilinum;, a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 7 M. W. by rail from the town oI Caserta. Pop. (1901) 14
• CAPUA (mod. S. Maria di Capua Vetere)

Capua, on the road between the two . It was a member of the Campanian See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

confederation, and shared the fortunes of Capua, but remained faithful to See also:

• HANNIBAL
• HANNIBAL (" mercy " or " favour of Baal ")

Hannibal for a longer See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of the inhabitants, when they could no longer resist the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, were transferred by him to See also:

• THURII, or THURIUM

Thurii, and the town was reoccupied in 211 by the Romans, who settled the exiled inhabitants of Nuceria there . The See also:

• FATE

fate of Atella at the end of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, when the latter were able to return to their own See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, is unknown . See also:

• CICERO

Cicero was in friendly relations with it, and exerted See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence that it might retain its See also:

• PROPERTY

property in See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul, so that it is obvious that it had then recovered municipal rights . The town is mainly famous as the See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle of See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, the Fabulae Atellanae (se, below) . Some remains of the town still exist, including a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of the city See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall in See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick . See J . Beloch, Campanien (2nd ed., See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, 189o), p . 379 .