{"id":148,"date":"2009-02-22T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitatina.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:13:11","slug":"storia-di-atina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitatina.com\/en\/history-2\/storia-di-atina\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Atina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"148\" class=\"elementor elementor-148\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d10f99 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d10f99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a651d11\" data-id=\"3a651d11\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c678f9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62c678f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">The ancient village of Atina stands in a commanding position at the foot of the Meta mountain range, in the heart of the Mainarde, in the upper Melfa Valley \u2014 the Comino Valley.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4,\"textColor\":\"secondary\"} --><\/p>\n<h2>Origins and Legend<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">There are various theories regarding the origin of the name. Some believe it was founded by Saturn (Saturnus in Latin, Cronos in Greek), who named it after his grandson Anitino. Others claim it derives from Ate, the goddess of mischief; still others from Atinia, a type of elm; but most associate it with Athena, or Pallas, the city\u2019s protector, whose Greek name is \u1f08\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u1fb6 \u2014 pronounced \u201cAtina.\u201d\n\nAn ancient legend tells that, after being banished by Jupiter, Saturn sought refuge with Janus, who ruled over the Citi Peninsula (Italy), and together they governed for a long time.\n\nSaturn supposedly founded five cities beginning with the letter \"A\": Atina, Arpino, Antinum (now Ferentino), Alatri, and Anagni.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:more --><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> <div class=\"read-more-button-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visitatina.com\/en\/history-2\/valle-di-comino-la-battaglia-di-aquilonia-e-cominio\/#more-1361\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span class=\"faux-button\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Valle di Comino, La battaglia di Aquilonia e Cominio\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\"Valle di Comino, La battaglia di Aquilonia e Cominio\"<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L&#8217;antico borgo di Atina sorge in una posizione dominante, a ridosso del gruppo montuoso della Meta, nel cuore delle Mainarde, nell&#8217;alta valle del Melfa, la Valle di Comino. Le origini e la leggenda Diverse sono le opinioni sull&#8217;origine del nome. Chi la ritiene fondata da Saturno (Saturnus in latino, Cronos in greco), crede che questi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[2067,2069,2055,2065,2001,2063,2057,1927,2093,2087,2071,2083,2073,2051,1981,2075,2079,2091,2061,2059,1987,2081,2095,2089,2003,1999,2005,2085,1983,2077],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storia","tag-alatri","tag-anagni","tag-anitino","tag-antinum","tag-aquilonia","tag-arpino","tag-atena","tag-atina","tag-cartiera-visocchi","tag-chronicon-atinense","tag-cicerone","tag-cominium","tag-diodoro-siculo","tag-duca-di-benevento","tag-eneide","tag-frontino","tag-g-r-bellini","tag-gallio","tag-giano","tag-giove","tag-marziale","tag-pescarola","tag-ponte-melfa","tag-rostaino-cantelmo","tag-sanniti","tag-saturno","tag-tito-livio","tag-tribu-teretina","tag-virgilio","tag-volsci"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>La Storia di Atina, dai Sanniti all&#039;Et\u00e0 Moderna - Visit Atina<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitatina.com\/en\/history-2\/storia-di-atina\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Storia di Atina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"L&#8217;antico borgo di Atina sorge in una posizione dominante, a ridosso del gruppo montuoso della Meta, nel cuore delle Mainarde, nell&#8217;alta valle del Melfa, la Valle di Comino. 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