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warriors set between panels of geometrical designs. This mosaic was discovered in 1946 during excavations in Via
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The town of Atina was leveled by an earthquake on 9 September 1349. Reconstruction was patronized by the aristocratic
Cantelmo family. The town was rebuilt at the original site of the Ancient Roman town, and a hamlet built by the Counts of Aquino. The
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