The same also wrote Macrobius (8) ec.
In addition to this, it should be noted that within the City there was the tomb (a) of the same. The sepulchral stone still exists, as reported by Muratori p. CCXCVI:
OBSA
P
SATVR
SEM.P
OBSA
P
DEORV
SEM.R
The two epithets of Half-father, and of Semiré are proper to Saturn (9). Then for his good qualities deified (b) by Kindness was worshipped there in a magnificent Temple, now consecrated to the Mother of God;
Sub Antonini Caracallae Imperatoris temporibus dedicatum est in Atina Forum eiusdem Antonini, non longe ab Amphitheatro, magnis lapidibus, et politis marmoribus: juxta quod Forum situm est et Templum Saturni, ante cujus fores aquaeductus (c) distenditur, variis operibus insignitum, habens idola septem, et septem absidas in quibus posita erant (10).
Part of today's City of Atina lies on the ruins of the ancient.
(a) Proved, that the sepulchre of Saturn was in Atina, Some will say that Fr. Clavelli's authority on p. 3o is strange; since it supports the sepulchre of Saturn in Arpino. But if one looks at the veneration that the idolaters had for their king and master Saturn, he will agree with me that not only Harpinus wanted relics of him, but other places that had their origin and government from him, as long as it was nothing else. Saturn, who at another time had ruled in Atina.
(b) Tanta... antiquorum hominum traditur fuisse simplicitas, ut advenientes ad se advenas, qui modo consilio, ac sapientia praediti, ad instruendam vitam, formandosque mores aliquid conferentur, quod eorum parentes, atque originem ignorabant, Coelo, et Terra editos non solum ipsi crederent, verum etiam posteris affirmarent. Thus M. Aurelius Victorinus speaks of Saturn in c. 1 Orig. Gent. Rom. To this end they placed themselves in the number of the Gods, building them after death and Altars, and Temples.
(c) Among the other losses in Atina is that of the renowned Acquidotto. It took water three miles outside the city and distributed it to all the neighbourhoods, and was also used to irrigate gardens and fields. Pieces of this canal made of lead have been found in various excavations. Remains of it can be seen at the Rocchetta, along the road leading to the SS. Triuità, in the Jordan Valley and in the forest.
