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ARTENA

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 666 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARTENA , a See also:

village of See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Rome, situated at the N.N.W. extremity of the Volscian Mountains; it is 36 m. S.E. by See also:rail, and 24 M. See also:direct from Rome. Pop. (1901) 5o16. On the See also:mountain above it (2073 ft.) are the See also:fine remains of the fortifications of a See also:city built in a very See also:primitive See also:style, in cyclopean blocks of See also:local See also:limestone; within the walls are traces of buildings, and a massive See also:terrace which supported some edifice of importance. The name of this city is quite uncertain; Ecetra is a possible See also:suggestion. The See also:modern village, which was called See also:Monte Fortino until 1870, owes its See also:present name to an unwarrantable See also:identification of the site with the See also:ancient Volscian Artena, destroyed in 404 B.C. Another Artena, which be-longed to the See also:district of See also:Caere, and See also:lay between it and See also:Veii, was destroyed in the See also:period of the See also:kings, and its site is quite unknown. See T. See also:Ashby and G. J. See also:Pfeiffer in Supplementary Papers of the See also:American School in Rome, i.

87 seq.

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