HADRIA [mod.

See also:

• ATRI

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