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See also:HADRIA [mod. See also:Atri (q.v.)] , perhaps the See also:original terminal point of the Via See also:Caecilia, See also:Italy . It belonged to the Praetutii . It became a See also:colony of See also:Rome in 290 B.C. and remained faithful to Rome . The coins which it issued (probably during the Punic See also:Wars), are remarkable . The See also:crypt of the See also:cathedral of the See also:modern See also:town was originally a large See also:Roman cistern; another forms the See also:foundation of the ducal See also:palace; and in the eastern portion of the town there is a complicated See also:system of underground passages for See also:collecting and storing See also:water . See Notizie degli scavi (1902), 3 . |
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